2017美赛B题优秀论文.pdfVIP

Team ControlNumber For officeuse only For officeuse only T1 ________________ 63650 F1 ________________ T2 ________________ F2 ________________ T3 ________________ F3 ________________ Problem Chosen T4 ________________ F4 ________________ B 2017 MCM/ICM Summary Sheet ENJOYA HAPPYJOURNEY Summary Thenumber oftollboothsisalwaysmorethan thenumber oflanes on thehighway.After passing tollbooths, vehicles enter lanes through a merging area. The shape, size and merging pattern of the merging area can affect its capacity of accident prevention, throughput and cost.After a performance analysis of a merging area following the toll barrier,a solution isput forward.The solution considers capacity of accident prevention, throughput and cost. Then the optimal designing of merging area is obtained. Furthermore, the performances of solutions in the situation of different traffic flow are evaluated.As more autonomous (self-driving) vehicles are added to the traffic mix, the solutionwillbeinfluenced. Firstly, the performances of merging areas is analyzed by the capacity of accident prevention, throughout and cost. The result indicates that the capacity of accident prevention is inversely associated with gradient ofmerging area;the cost of construction is directly proportional to the area of toll plazas; throughput determines the merging pattern oftollplazafollowingthetollbarrier. Secondly, in order to de