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We propose a stochastic model for the intersection of two urban streets. The vehicular traffic at the intersection is controlled by a set of traffic lights which can be operated subject to fix-time as well as traffic adaptive schemes.…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-03-19 M. Ebrahim Fouladvand , Zeinab Sadjadi , M. Reza Shaebani

We aim to reduce the social cost of congestion in many smart city applications. In our model of congestion, agents interact over limited resources after receiving signals from a central agent that observes the state of congestion in real…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-05-06 Jakub Marecek , Robert Shorten , Jia Yuan Yu

We present an economics-based method for deciding the optimal rates at which vehicles are allowed to enter a highway. The method exploits the naturally occuring fluctuations of traffic flow and is flexible enough to adapt in real time to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Bernardo A. Huberman , Dirk Helbing

In the context of global urbanization and motorization, traffic congestion has become a significant issue, severely affecting the quality of life, environment, and economy. This paper puts forward a single-agent reinforcement learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Qiang Li , Jin Niu , Qin Luo , Lina Yu

Traffic congestion has become a nightmare to modern life in metropolitan cities. On average, a driver spending X hours a year stuck in traffic is one of most common sentences we often read regarding traffic congestion. Our aim in this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-18 Harshvardhan Uppaluru , Hamid Emadi , Hossein Rastgoftar

In this paper, we study mixed traffic systems that move along a single-lane ring-road or open-road. The traffic flow forms a platoon, which includes a number of heterogeneous human-driven vehicles (HDVs) together with only one connected and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-29 Shima Sadat Mousavi , Somayeh Bahrami , Anastasios Kouvelas

Recent work in decentralized, schedule-driven traffic control has demonstrated the ability to significantly improve traffic flow efficiency in complex urban road networks. However, in situations where vehicle volumes increase to the point…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Hsu-Chieh Hu , Stephen F. Smith

Platooning has been exploited as a method for vehicles to minimize energy consumption. In this article, we present a constraint-driven optimal control framework that yields emergent platooning behavior for connected and automated vehicles…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-20 Logan E. Beaver , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

Sub-optimal control policies in transportation systems negatively impact mobility, the environment and human health. Developing optimal transportation control systems at the appropriate scale can be difficult as cities' transportation…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-04 Wade Genders , Saiedeh Razavi

This paper presents a real-time lane change control framework of autonomous driving in dense traffic, which exploits cooperative behaviors of other drivers. This paper focuses on heavy traffic where vehicles cannot change lanes without…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Sangjae Bae , Dhruv Saxena , Alireza Nakhaei , Chiho Choi , Kikuo Fujimura , Scott Moura

When selfish users share a road network and minimize their individual travel costs, the equilibrium they reach can be worse than the socially optimal routing. Tolls are often used to mitigate this effect in traditional congestion games,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-02 Daniel A. Lazar , Ramtin Pedarsani

Traffic signal control is an important and challenging real-world problem, which aims to minimize the travel time of vehicles by coordinating their movements at the road intersections. Current traffic signal control systems in use still…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-17 Hua Wei , Guanjie Zheng , Vikash Gayah , Zhenhui Li

While bringing convenience to people, the growing number of vehicles on road already cause inevitable traffic congestion. Some traffic congestion happen with observable reasons, but others occur without apparent reasons or bottlenecks,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-30 Jiancheng Fang , Yu Xiang , Yu Huang , Yilong Cui , Wenyong Wang

Urban traffic congestion is a growing global issue contributing significantly to long commute times and environmental pollution. Traditional traffic signal control systems often fail to adapt to dynamic traffic conditions. Adaptive traffic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Chinmay Mundane , Amith Manoharan , Arun Singh

Numerous solutions are proposed for the Traffic Signal Control (TSC) tasks aiming to provide efficient transportation and mitigate congestion waste. In recent, promising results have been attained by Reinforcement Learning (RL) methods…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-01-24 Longchao Da , Minquan Gao , Hao Mei , Hua Wei

This paper devotes to the development of an optimal acceleration/speed profile for autonomous vehicles approaching a traffic light. The design objective is to achieve both short travel time and low energy consumption as well as avoid idling…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-02-28 Xiangyu Meng , Christos G. Cassandras

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

This paper proposes a set of technological solutions to transform existing transport systems into more intelligent, interactive systems by utilizing optimization and control methods that can be implemented in the near future. This will…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-31 Yi Zhang

To cope with uncertain traffic patterns and traffic models, traffic-responsive signal control strategies in the literature are designed to be robust to these uncertainties. These robust strategies still require sensing infrastructure to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-08 Leonardo Pedroso , Pedro Batista , Markos Papageorgiou

Balancing traffic flow by influencing drivers' route choices to alleviate congestion is becoming increasingly more appealing in urban traffic planning. Here, we introduce a discrete dynamical model comprising users who make their own…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-09-09 Bo Li , David Saad , Andrey Y. Lokhov