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Most network partitioning methods for Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram are mostly based on a normalized cut mechanism, which takes the traffic statistics of each link, e.g. link volume, speed or density, as input to calculate the degree of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-19 Kang An , Xianbiao Hu , Xiaohong Chen

We propose a statistical learning-based traffic speed estimation method that uses sparse vehicle trajectory information. Using a convolutional encoder-decoder based architecture, we show that a well trained neural network can learn…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-06-15 Ouafa Benkraouda , Bilal Thonnam Thodi , Hwasoo Yeo , Monica Menendez , Saif Eddin Jabari

The macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) is a powerful and popular tool that describes a network scale traffic operational state and serve as the plant model of perimeter control. As both the supply and the demand suffer from random…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-14 HongSheng Qi

Single-vehicle data of freeway traffic as well as selected Floating-Car (FC) data are analyzed in great detail. Traffic states are distinguished by means of aggregated data. We propose a method for a quantitative classification of these…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Neubert , L. Santen , A. Schadschneider , M. Schreckenberg

This study addresses the challenge of estimating traffic states for road links. We propose an innovative approach that leverages partial trajectory data captured by camera-equipped probe vehicles traveling in the opposite lane. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-02 Tanay Rastogi , Michele D. Simoni , Anders Karlström

Due to the complexity of the traffic flow dynamics in urban road networks, most quantitative descriptions of city traffic so far are based on computer simulations. This contribution pursues a macroscopic (fluid-dynamic) simulation approach,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-03-18 Amin Mazloumian , Nikolas Geroliminis , Dirk Helbing

This paper deals with traffic control at motorway bottlenecks assuming the existence of an unknown, time-varying, Fundamental Diagram (FD). The FD may change over time due to different traffic compositions, e.g., light and heavy vehicles,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-02 Farzam Tajdari , Claudio Roncoli

This paper leverages macroscopic models and multi-source spatiotemporal data collected from automatic traffic counters and probe vehicles to accurately estimate traffic flow and travel time in links where these measurements are unavailable.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-31 Pablo Guarda , Sean Qian

We propose an efficient method for reconstructing traffic density with low penetration rate of probe vehicles. Specifically, we rely on measuring only the initial and final positions of a small number of cars which are generated using…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Nail Baloul , Amaury Hayat , Thibault Liard , Pierre Lissy

Transportation is a major contributor to CO2 emissions, making it essential to optimize traffic networks to reduce energy-related emissions. This paper presents a novel approach to traffic network control using Differentiable Predictive…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-18 Renukanandan Tumu , Wenceslao Shaw Cortez , Ján Drgoňa , Draguna L. Vrabie , Sonja Glavaski

Dynamic network-level models directly addressing ride-sourcing services can support the development of efficient strategies for both congestion alleviation and promotion of more sustainable mobility. Recent developments presented models…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-01-25 Caio Vitor Beojone , Nikolas Geroliminis

This paper presents a traffic state estimation (TSE) method in congestion for distributed fiber-optic sensing (DFOS). DFOS detects vehicle driving vibrations along the optical fiber and obtains their trajectories in the spatiotemporal…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-01 Yoshiyuki Yajima , Hemant Prasad , Daisuke Ikefuji , Hitoshi Sakurai , Manabu Otani

Major cities worldwide experience problems with the performance of their road transportation networks, and the continuous increase in traffic demand presents a substantial challenge to the optimal operation of urban road networks and the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-18 Linghang Sun , Yifan Zhang , Cristian Axenie , Margherita Grossi , Anastasios Kouvelas , Michail A. Makridis

Traffic congestion is one of the most notable problems arising in worldwide urban areas, importantly compromising human mobility and air quality. Current technologies to sense real-time data about cities, and its open distribution for…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-12-30 Albert Solé-Ribalta , Sergio Gómez , Alex Arenas

Technological advancements have brought increasing attention to Automated Mobility on Demand (AMOD) as a promising solution that may improve future urban mobility. During the last decade, extensive research has been conducted on the design…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-11-11 Simon Oh , Antonis F. Lentzakis , Ravi Seshadri , Moshe Ben-Akiva

This paper demonstrates accurate traffic modeling and forecast using stochastic cell-automata (CA) and distributed fiber-optic sensing (DFOS). Traffic congestion is a dominant issue in highways. To reduce congestion, real-time traffic…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2025-11-24 Yoshiyuki Yajima , Takahiro Kumura

Understanding traffic density from large-scale web camera (webcam) videos is a challenging problem because such videos have low spatial and temporal resolution, high occlusion and large perspective. To deeply understand traffic density, we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-07-04 Shanghang Zhang , Guanhang Wu , João P. Costeira , José M. F. Moura

Traffic on a circular road is described by dynamic programming equations associated to optimal control problems. By solving the equations analytically, we derive the relation between the average car density and the average car flow, known…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-02-11 Nadir Farhi

Recent works on the application of Physics-Informed Neural Networks to traffic density estimation have shown to be promising for future developments due to their robustness to model errors and noisy data. In this paper, we introduce a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-07 Dennis Wilkman , Kateryna Morozovska , Karl Henrik Johansson , Matthieu Barreau

Efficient traffic management is crucial for maintaining urban mobility, especially in densely populated areas where congestion, accidents, and delays can lead to frustrating and expensive commutes. However, existing prediction methods face…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-25 Xuhong Wang , Ding Wang , Liang Chen , Yilun Lin