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In this work, we propose an algorithm performing short-term predictions of the flux of vehicles on a stretch of road, using past measurements of the flux. This algorithm is based on a physics-aware recurrent neural network. A discretization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-06 Mike Pereira , Annika Lang , Balázs Kulcsár

We consider traffic flow dynamics for a network of signalized intersections, where the outflow from every link is constrained to be equal to a given capacity function if the queue length is positive, and equal to the minimum of cumulative…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Pouyan Hosseini , Ketan Savla

While many classical traffic models treat the spatial extension of streets continuously or by discretization into cells of a certain length, we will subdivide roads into comparatively long homogeneous road sections of constant capacity with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Dirk Helbing

Due to limited resources and fast economic growth, designing optimal transportation road networks with traffic simulation and validation in a cost-effective manner is vital for developing countries, where extensive manual testing is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-10-06 Zarif Ikram , Ling Pan , Dianbo Liu

Developing of an effective flow control algorithm to avoid congestion is a hot topic in computer network society. This document gives a mathematical model for general network at the beginning, and then discrete control theory is proposed as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-07-05 G. Millán

In this paper we investigate numerically the model for pedestrian traffic proposed in [B.Andreianov, C.Donadello, M.D.Rosini, Crowd dynamics and conservation laws with nonlocal constraints and capacity drop, Mathematical Models and Methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-11 Boris Andreianov , Carlotta Donadello , Ulrich Razafison , Massimiliano Daniele Rosini

We propose a model to simulate different traffic-flow conditions in terms of quantum graphs hosting an (N+1)-level dot at each site. Our model allows us to keep track of the type and of the destination of each vehicle. The traffic flow…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-02-15 Andrea Nava , Domenico Giuliano , Alessandro Papa , Marco Rossi

In this article, we present an extension of the splitting algorithm proposed in [22] to networks of conservation laws with piecewise linear discontinuous flux functions in the unknown. We start with the discussion of a suitable Riemann…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-08 Jan Friedrich , Simone Göttlich , Annika Uphoff

The Traffic Assignment Problem is a fundamental, yet computationally expensive, task in transportation modeling, especially for large-scale networks. Traditional methods require iterative simulations to reach equilibrium, making real-time…

We consider a class of optimal control problems for measure-valued nonlinear transport equations describing traffic flow problems on networks. The objective isto minimise/maximise macroscopic quantities, such as traffic volume or average…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-11 Simone Cacace , Fabio Camilli , Raul De Maio , Andrea Tosin

The objective of this paper is to initiate a qualitative analysis of dynamic flow in traffic networks by using the competitive equilibrium model of multiple market systems. A network is modeled as a dynamic graph where routes (edges) are…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Dragoslav D. Šiljak

As an example for the optimization of unstable flows, we present an economics-based method for deciding the optimal rates at which vehicles are allowed to enter a highway. It exploits the naturally occuring fluctuations of traffic flow and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Bernardo A. Huberman , Dirk Helbing

We consider the simulation of barotropic flow of gas in long pipes and pipe networks. Based on a Hamiltonian reformulation of the governing system, a fully discrete approximation scheme is proposed using mixed finite elements in space and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-01 H. Egger , J. Giesselmann , T. Kunkel , N. Philippi

Traffic congestion and collisions represent significant economic, environmental, and social challenges worldwide. Traditional traffic management approaches have shown limited success in addressing these complex, dynamic problems. To address…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-05 Mira Nuthakki

We extend stochastic network optimization theory to treat networks with arbitrary sample paths for arrivals, channels, and mobility. The network can experience unexpected link or node failures, traffic bursts, and topology changes, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-01-07 Michael J. Neely

Designing and optimizing different flows in networks is a relevant problem in many contexts. While a number of methods have been proposed in the physics and optimal transport literature for the one-commodity case, we lack similar results…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-10-13 Alessandro Lonardi , Enrico Facca , Mario Putti , Caterina De Bacco

We present in this article an algebraic approach to model and simulate road traffic networks. By defining a set of road traffic systems and adequate concatenating operators in that set, we show that large regular road networks can be easily…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-06-27 Nadir Farhi , Habib Haj-Salem , Jean-Patrick Lebacque

In this paper, we study the problem of traffic management in highways facing stochastic perturbations. To model the macroscopic traffic flow under perturbations, we use cell-transmission model with Markovian capacities. The decision…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-07-04 Li Jin , Alexander A. Kurzhanskiy , Saurabh Amin

Diffusions are a fundamental class of models in many fields, including finance, engineering, and biology. Simulating diffusions is challenging as their sample paths are infinite-dimensional and their transition functions are typically…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-06-11 Paul A. Jenkins , Murray Pollock , Gareth O. Roberts , Michael Sørensen

In this paper, we study the feasibility of a class of optimization-based boundary control of one-dimensional macroscopic traffic flow models, where stability and invariance are achieved by a single boundary control. We define the sets of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Eryn Vaid , Maria Teresa Chiri , Roberto Guglielmi , Gennaro Notomista