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A Hamilton-Jacobi approach to junction problems and application to traffic flows∗

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2012

Cyril Imbert ,
Régis Monneau  and
Hasnaa Zidani
Cyril Imbert
Affiliation:
Université Paris-Dauphine, CEREMADE, UMR CNRS 7534, place de Lattre de Tassigny, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France. imbert@ceremade.dauphine.fr École Normale Supérieure, Département de Mathématiques et Applications, UMR 8553, 45 rue d’Ulm, 75230 Paris Cedex 5, France
Régis Monneau
Affiliation:
Université Paris-Est, École des Ponts ParisTech, CERMICS, 6 et 8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Cité Descartes Champs-sur-Marne, 77455 Marne-La-Vallée Cedex 2, France; monneau@cermics.enpc.fr
Hasnaa Zidani
Affiliation:
ENSTA ParisTech & INRIA Saclay (Commands INRIA team), 32 boulevard Victor, 75379 Paris Cedex 15, France; Hasnaa.Zidani@ensta.fr
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Abstract

This paper is concerned with the study of a model case of first order Hamilton-Jacobi equations posed on a “junction”, that is to say the union of a finite number of half-lines with a unique common point. The main result is a comparison principle. We also prove existence and stability of solutions. The two challenging difficulties are the singular geometry of the domain and the discontinuity of the Hamiltonian. As far as discontinuous Hamiltonians are concerned, these results seem to be new. They are applied to the study of some models arising in traffic flows. The techniques developed in the present article provide new powerful tools for the analysis of such problems.

Keywords

Hamilton-Jacobi equationsdiscontinuous Hamiltoniansviscosity solutionsoptimal controltraffic problemsjunctions
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Research Article
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ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 129 - 166
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2012

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