Self-organizing traffic lights: A realistic simulation
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
2012-11-28 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Physics
Physics and Society
Abstract
We have previously shown in an abstract simulation (Gershenson, 2005) that self-organizing traffic lights can improve greatly traffic flow for any density. In this paper, we extend these results to a realistic setting, implementing self-organizing traffic lights in an advanced traffic simulator using real data from a Brussels avenue. On average, for different traffic densities, travel waiting times are reduced by 50% compared to the current green wave method.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0610040,
title = {Self-organizing traffic lights: A realistic simulation},
author = {Seung-Bae Cools and Carlos Gershenson and Bart D'Hooghe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0610040},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
12 pages, two figures. An epilogue was added to this chapter for the 2nd Edition of the book