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This paper addresses the problem of finding the optimal Eco-Driving (ED) speed profile of an electric Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) in an isolated urban un-signalized intersection. The problem is formulated as a single-level…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-27 Vinith Kumar Lakshmanan , Antonio Sciarretta , Ouafae El Ganaoui-Mourlan

The paper considers the problem of controlling Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) traveling through a three-entry roundabout so as to jointly minimize both the travel time and the energy consumption while providing speed-dependent…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-14 Kaiyuan Xu , Christos G. Cassandras , Wei Xiao

We address the problem of optimally controlling Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) arriving from two multi-lane roads and merging at multiple points where the objective is to jointly minimize the travel time and energy consumption of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-02 Wei Xiao , Christos G. Cassandras , Calin Belta

The connectivity aspect of connected autonomous vehicles (CAV) is beneficial because it facilitates dissemination of traffic-related information to vehicles through Vehicle-to-External (V2X) communication. Onboard sensing equipment…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-10-01 Jiqian Dong , Sikai Chen , Yujie Li , Runjia Du , Aaron Steinfeld , Samuel Labi

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) have the potential to improve traffic throughput and achieve a more efficient utilization of the available roadway infrastructure. They also have the potential to reduce energy consumption through…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-19 Nathan Goulet , Beshah Ayalew

The implementation of connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies enables a novel computational framework to deliver real-time control actions that optimize travel time, energy, and safety. Hardware is an integral part of any…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-07-16 Logan E. Beaver , Behdad Chalaki , AM Ishtiaque Mahbub , Liuhui Zhao , Ray Zayas , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

Intersections are essential road infrastructures for traffic in modern metropolises. However, they can also be the bottleneck of traffic flows as a result of traffic incidents or the absence of traffic coordination mechanisms such as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Dawei Wang , Weizi Li , Lei Zhu , Jia Pan

This paper proposes a cooperative strategy of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) longitudinal control for partially connected and automated traffic environment based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithm, which enhances the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-04 Haotian Shi , Yang Zhou , Keshu Wu , Xin Wang , Yangxin Lin , Bin Ran

This paper proposes a coordinated routing approach that investigates the use of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) in dedicated bus lanes. The aim is to improve bus schedule adherence while enhancing the travel efficiency of CAVs…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-10 Tanlu Liang , Ting Bai , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

This study presents a hierarchical, network-level traffic flow control framework for mixed traffic consisting of Human-driven Vehicles (HVs), Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs). The framework jointly optimizes vehicle-level eco-driving…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Ziyan Zhang , Changxin Wan , Peng Hao , Kanok Boriboonsomsin , Matthew J. Barth , Yongkang Liu , Seyhan Ucar , Guoyuan Wu

This work investigates traffic control via controlled connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) using novel controllers derived from the linear-quadratic regulator (LQR) theory. CAV-platoons are modeled as moving bottlenecks impacting the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-04 Suyash C. Vishnoi , Junyi Ji , MirSaleh Bahavarnia , Yuhang Zhang , Ahmad F. Taha , Christian G. Claudel , Daniel B. Work

In this paper, we provide a theoretical framework for the coordination of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) at signal-free intersections, accounting for the unexpected presence of pedestrians. First, we introduce a general…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-13 Filippos N. Tzortzoglou , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

This paper proposes a novel perimeter-free regional traffic management strategy for networks under a connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) environment. The proposed strategy requires a subset of CAVs to temporarily wait at nearby parking…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Hao Liu , Vikash V. Gayah

Earlier work has established a decentralized framework of optimally controlling connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) crossing an urban intersection without using explicit traffic signaling. The proposed solution is capable of minimizing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-16 Yue Zhang , Christos G. Cassandras

The goal of this work is to provide a viable solution based on reinforcement learning for traffic signal control problems. Although the state-of-the-art reinforcement learning approaches have yielded great success in a variety of domains,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Yueh-Hua Wu , I-Hau Yeh , David Hu , Hong-Yuan Mark Liao

Stop-and-go traffic poses many challenges to tranportation system, but its formation and mechanism are still under exploration.however, it has been proved that by introducing Connected Automated Vehicles(CAVs) with carefully designed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-19 Liming Jiang , Yuanchang Xie , Danjue Chen , Tienan Li , Nicholas G. Evans

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) rely on wireless communication to exchange state information for distributed control, making communication delays a critical factor that can affect vehicle motion and degrade control performance,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Chen Huang , Ronghui Hou

Intelligent traffic signal controllers, applying DQN algorithms to traffic light policy optimization, efficiently reduce traffic congestion by adjusting traffic signals to real-time traffic. Most propositions in the literature however…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-30 Romain Ducrocq , Nadir Farhi

In this paper, we consider the problem of coordinating traffic light systems and connected automated vehicles (CAVs) in mixed-traffic intersections. We aim to develop an optimization-based control framework that leverages both the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-04 Viet-Anh Le , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), unlike conventional cars, will utilise the whole space of intersections and cross in a lane-free order. This paper formulates such a lane-free crossing of intersections as a multi-objective optimal…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-15 Mahdi Amouzadi , Mobolaji O. Orisatoki , Arash M. Dizqah