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We consider an intersection zone where autonomous vehicles (AVs) and human-driven vehicles (HDVs) can be present. As a new vehicle arrives, the traffic controller needs to decide and impose an optimal sequence of the vehicles that will exit…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-31 Arnob Ghosh , Thomas Parisini

An important question for the practical applicability of the highly efficient traffic intersection control is about the minimal level of intelligence the vehicles need to have so as to move beyond the traffic light control. We propose an…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2017-08-16 Bo Yang , Christopher Monterola

This paper tackles the challenge of coordinating traffic lights and automated vehicles at signalized intersections, formulated as a constrained finite-horizon optimal control problem. The problem falls into the category of mixed-integer…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Azita Dabiri , Giray Önür , Sebastien Gros , Bart De Schutter

We propose a model-free reinforcement learning method for controlling mixed autonomy traffic in simulated traffic networks with through-traffic-only two-way and four-way intersections. Our method utilizes multi-agent policy decomposition…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Zhongxia Yan , Cathy Wu

In recent years, great efforts have been devoted to deep imitation learning for autonomous driving control, where raw sensory inputs are directly mapped to control actions. However, navigating through densely populated intersections remains…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Zeyu Zhu , Huijing Zhao

Traffic signal control is an emerging application scenario for reinforcement learning. Besides being as an important problem that affects people's daily life in commuting, traffic signal control poses its unique challenges for reinforcement…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-05-15 Huichu Zhang , Siyuan Feng , Chang Liu , Yaoyao Ding , Yichen Zhu , Zihan Zhou , Weinan Zhang , Yong Yu , Haiming Jin , Zhenhui Li

In recent years, control under urban intersection scenarios becomes an emerging research topic. In such scenarios, the autonomous vehicle confronts complicated situations since it must deal with the interaction with social vehicles timely…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-23 Yuqi Liu , Qichao Zhang , Dongbin Zhao

Urban traffic anomalies, such as collisions and disruptions, threaten the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of transportation systems. In this paper, we present a simulation-based framework for modeling, detecting, and predicting such…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-17 Tony Kinchen , Ting Bai , Nishanth Venkatesh S. , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

Traffic simulators are widely used to study the operational efficiency of road infrastructure, but their rule-based approach limits their ability to mimic real-world driving behavior. Traffic intersections are critical components of the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Yash Ranjan , Rahul Sengupta , Anand Rangarajan , Sanjay Ranka

Facing the congestion challenges of mixed road networks comprising expressways and arterial road networks, traditional control solutions fall short. To effectively alleviate traffic congestion in mixed road networks, it is crucial to clear…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-13 Yunran Di , Haotian Shi , Weihua Zhang , Heng Ding , Xiaoyan Zheng , Bin Ran

Urban traffic regulation policies are increasingly used to address congestion, emissions, and accessibility in cities, yet their impacts are difficult to assess due to the socio-technical complexity of urban mobility systems. Recent…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Arianna Burzacchi , Marco Pistore

With the progress of the urbanisation process, the urban transportation system is extremely critical to the development of cities and the quality of life of the citizens. Among them, it is one of the most important tasks to judge traffic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-17 Bodong Zhou , Jiahui Liu , Songyi Cui , Yaping Zhao

Diverse and realistic traffic scenarios are crucial for evaluating the AI safety of autonomous driving systems in simulation. This work introduces a data-driven method called TrafficGen for traffic scenario generation. It learns from the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Lan Feng , Quanyi Li , Zhenghao Peng , Shuhan Tan , Bolei Zhou

Traffic signal control (TSC) is crucial for reducing traffic congestion leading to smoother traffic flow, reduced idle time, and mitigated CO2 emissions. In this paper, we explore the computer vision approach for TSC that modulates on-road…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Pan He , Quanyi Li , Xiaoyong Yuan , Bolei Zhou

Traffic congestion in dense urban centers presents an economical and environmental burden. In recent years, the availability of vehicle-to-anything communication allows for the transmission of detailed vehicle states to the infrastructure…

Predicting risk map of traffic accidents is vital for accident prevention and early planning of emergency response. Here, the challenge lies in the multimodal nature of urban big data. We propose a compact neural ensemble model to alleviate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Wenshan Wang , Su Yang , Weishan Zhang

Ensuring transportation systems are efficient is a priority for modern society. Technological advances have made it possible for transportation systems to collect large volumes of varied data on an unprecedented scale. We propose a traffic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-11-04 Wade Genders , Saiedeh Razavi

Autonomous driving at unsignalized intersections is still considered a challenging application for machine learning due to the complications associated with handling complex multi-agent scenarios characterized by a high degree of…

With the advent of autonomous driving technologies, traffic control at intersections is expected to experience revolutionary changes. Various novel intersection control methods have been proposed in the existing literature, and they can be…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-17 Chen Yang , Xi Lin , Meng Li , Fang He

Traffic simulators are important tools for tasks such as urban planning and transportation management. Microscopic simulators allow per-vehicle movement simulation, but require longer simulation time. The simulation overhead is exacerbated…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-23 Hao Chen , Ke Yang , Stefano Giovanni Rizzo , Giovanna Vantini , Phillip Taylor , Xiaosong Ma , Sanjay Chawla