Re: [sumo-user] Different behavior when setting Lane change mode vs. set

[Hriday Sanghvi <sanghvih@xxxxxx>]

Hello again,

I use lc_params to refer to the 3 parameters lcStrategic, lcCooperative, and lcSpeedGain in the previous email, and lc_mode to refer to the lane changing mode. To clarify, here are some experimental results for each case for 100 vehicles on a 1000 m road with 2 free lanes (NO blockages):
+-----------------+---------+------+
| lc_params       | lc_mode | Time |
+-----------------+---------+------+
| Set to 1        | 512     | 241  |
+-----------------+---------+------+
| Unset (default) | 512     | 241  |
+-----------------+---------+------+
| Set to 0        | 512     | 172  |
+-----------------+---------+------+
| Set to 1        | 1621    | 204  |
+-----------------+---------+------+
| Unset (default) | 1621    | 204  |
+-----------------+---------+------+
| Set to 0        | 1621    | 218  |
+-----------------+---------+------+

As seen from the table, Regardless of whether the lc_params are set to their default value (1) explicitly, or if they are unset (default value is used), the result (time in steps) of the simulation stays the same in both cases of the lc_mode (512 and 1621). This is in line with my understanding. However, when the lc_mode is set to 512, lc_params should in fact make no difference since the behaviour controlled by these lc_params were already deactivated - namely, do no strategic changes, do no cooperative changes and do no speed gain changes.

So what I gather is that there is some form of hierarchy - Which parameter do I set to overwrite the other no matter what? Or why would setting lc_params to 0 in the case of lc_mode = 512 make a difference?

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Hriday

On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 14:01, Hriday Sanghvi <sanghvih@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

My belief: The lane change mode 512 is supposed to disable all autonomous lane-changing except for safety-gap enforcement and collision avoidance. So setting lcSpeedGain=0 or lcStrategic=0 should be pointless, since that is the same effect achieved by setting lane change mode to 512, since bits 0 through 6 are all set to 0 : do no strategic changes, do no cooperative changes, do no speed gain changes, do no right drive changes;

Discovery: When I set lcStrategic=0, lcCooperative=0, and lcSpeedGain=0  on my vType anyway as such:

<vType lcStrategic="0" lcCooperative="0" lcSpeedGain="0" carFollowModel="Krauss" color="0,1,0" id="veh" latAlignment="center" lcKeepRight="0" lcLookaheadLeft="1" lcOvertakeRight="1" lcSpeedGainRight="1" length="5" sigma="0" speedDev="0" speedFactor="1.0" />

The behaviour seems to have changed drastically.

With an LC mode of 512,

1. Without setting the 3 lcParams, it takes 100 vehicles 477s to reach the end of a 1000m road with 2 lanes, with a small blockage from (500 - 750m) on one of the lanes.

2. Setting the 3 lcParams, it takes the same only 262s

Doubt: Am I misunderstanding what autonomous lane-changing means? Or are the two: lcParams and lane change mode not equivalent in the way I have mentioned?

Please advise.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Hriday