v2.0.1 - Balancing Rider Bicycles

Added

• Introducing Balancing Rider Bicycles (Renaming WhippleCarvalloBicycles) and Planar Point Bicycle.
• Added FIFO buffer for destination queues and input delays
• midpoint integration instead of control package
• easier definition of new Bicycle types through automatic creation of Dynamics and Parameter properties
• set bicycle location to rear-wheel contact point

Known Issues

• Not backwards compatible due to major renaming.
• May contain several discontinued classes.
• SUMO compatibility of new features not tested.
• bicycle drawing does not consider new rear-wheel contact reference point

Publication

This release corresponds to the results presented in Konrad, C. M., Happee, R., Moore, J. K., & Dabiri, A. (2025). Stochastic Control Behavior of the Balancing Rider for Cycling Safety in Traffic Simulation [Manuscript].

v1.1.1 - BMD2023 Conference Proceedings Paper

Version after Peer Review

Update of cyclistsocialforce reflecting our work for BMD2023. This corresponds to our conference proceedings publication "Essential Bicycle Dynamics for Microscopic Traffic Simulation: An Example Using the Social Force Model [Preprint]".

This release include the changes of the paper review process. Instead of adaptive KI gain, we use a constant KI gain.

Disclaimer: Research code for experimentation purposes only! Not production ready. No downwards compatibility due to fundamental changes.

Related publication: Schmidt, C., Dabiri, A., Schulte, F., Happee, R. & Moore, J. (2023). Essential Bicycle Dynamics for Microscopic Traffic Simulation: An Example Using the Social Force Model [Preprint]. The Evolving Scholar - BMD 2023, 5th Edition. https://doi.org/10.59490/65037d08763775ba4854da53

v1.1.0 - BMD2023 Conference Proceedings Paper

Update of cyclistsocialforce reflecting our work for BMD2023. This corresponds to our conference proceedings publication "Essential Bicycle Dynamics for Microscopic Traffic Simulation: An Example Using the Social Force Model [Preprint]".

Adds and inverted pendulum bicycle model, nested control, new repulsive force fields and path-planning-based destination forces, priority-to-the-right, libsumo compatibility, polygon bicycle drawings and more.

Disclaimer: Research code for experimentation purposes only! Not production ready. No downwards compatibility due to fundamental changes.

Related publication: Schmidt, C., Dabiri, A., Schulte, F., Happee, R. & Moore, J. (2023). Essential Bicycle Dynamics for Microscopic Traffic Simulation: An Example Using the Social Force Model [Preprint]. The Evolving Scholar - BMD 2023, 5th Edition. https://doi.org/10.59490/65037d08763775ba4854da53

v0.1.1 - BMD2023 Extended Abstract

First Public Release

First public release of cyclistsocialforce corresponding to our BMD2023 extended abstract "Essential Bicycle Dynamics for Microscopic Traffic Simulation: An Example Using the Social Force Model".

This release contains a microscopic traffic model for cyclists based on the social force concept implemented with two-wheeler kinematics. It enables rudimentary co-simulation with SUMO.

Disclaimer: Research code for experimentation purposes only! Not production ready.

Related Publication: Schmidt, C., Dabiri, A., Schulte, F., Happee, R. & Moore, J. (2023). Essential Bicycle Dynamics for Microscopic Traffic Simulation: An Example Using the Social Force Model. The Evolving Scholar - BMD 2023, 5th Edition. https://doi.org/10.24404/63fe3f96e46cae666e6d2463