01220nas a2200157   4500008004100000245006100041210006000102260003400162300000900196490000700205520071300212100003100925700002300956700003000979856005301009       2016                        eng d00aTraffic Games: Modeling Freeway Traffic with Game Theory0 aTraffic Games Modeling Freeway Traffic with Game Theory  bPublic Library of Sciencec11  a1-340 v113 aWe apply game theory to a vehicular traffic model to study the effect of driver strategies on traffic flow. The resulting model inherits the realistic dynamics achieved by a two-lane traffic model and aims to incorporate phenomena caused by driver-driver interactions. To achieve this goal, a game-theoretic description of driver interaction was developed. This game-theoretic formalization allows one to model different lane-changing behaviors and to keep track of mobility performance. We simulate the evolution of cooperation, traffic flow, and mobility performance for different modeled behaviors. The analysis of these results indicates a mobility optimization process achieved by drivers' interactions.1 aCortés-Berrueco, Luis, E.1 aGershenson, Carlos1 aStephens, Christopher, R.  uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0165381