Asymmetric coupling in two-lane simple exclusion processes with Langmuir kinetics: phase diagrams and boundary layers

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2014 Feb;89(2):022131. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.022131. Epub 2014 Feb 21.

Abstract

We use boundary layer analysis for an open system consisting of two parallel totally asymmetric simple exclusion processes with Langmuir kinetics under a biased lane-changing rule. The two kinds of phase transitions--bulk transitions and surface transitions--have been examined. The dynamics of shock and their dependence on the system parameters have been investigated. We find a reduction in the number of steady-state phases with increase in lane-changing rate.