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Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) provide the most intriguing opportunity to optimize energy consumption and travel time. Several approaches have been proposed in the literature that allow CAVs to coordinate in situations where there…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-11 A M Ishtiaque Mahbub , Andreas A. Malikopoulos , Liuhui Zhao

We propose a two dimensional probabilistic cellular automata for the description of traffic flow in a small city network composed of two intersections. The traffic in the network is controlled by a set of traffic lights which can be…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-03-19 M. Ebrahim Fouladvand , M. Reza Shaebani , Zeinab Sadjadi

We propose a model for the intersection of two urban streets. The traffic status of the crossroads is controlled by a set of traffic lights which periodically switch to red and green with a total period of T. Two different types of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Ebrahim Fouladvand , Masoud Nematollahi

The rapid adoption of autonomous vehicle has established mixed traffic environments, comprising both autonomous and human-driven vehicles (HDVs), as essential components of next-generation mobility systems. Along these lines, connectivity…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-19 Filippos Tzortzoglou , Logan E. Beaver

Traffic congestion at intersections is a significant issue in urban areas, leading to increased commute times, safety hazards, and operational inefficiencies. This study aims to develop a predictive model for congestion at intersections in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Tara Kelly , Jessica Gupta

Traffic congestion has significant impacts on both the economy and the environment. Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) have long been the standard for evaluating traffic intersections' level of service and operational efficiency. However, the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Nooshin Yousefzadeh , Rahul Sengupta , Yashaswi Karnati , Anand Rangarajan , Sanjay Ranka

Urban transportation networks are vital for the efficient movement of people and goods, necessitating effective traffic management and planning. An integral part of traffic management is understanding the turning movement counts (TMCs) at…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-16 Xiaobo Ma , Hyunsoo Noh , Ryan Hatch , James Tokishi , Zepu Wang

The cooperation of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) has shown great potential in improving traffic efficiency during intersection management. Existing research mainly focuses on intersections where lane changing is prohibited, which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-30 Chaoyi Chen , Mengchi Cai , Jiawei Wang , Kai Li , Qing Xu , Jianqiang Wang , Keqiang Li

Coordinated traffic signals seek to provide uninterrupted flow through a series of closely spaced intersections, typically using pre-defined fixed signal timings and offsets. Adaptive traffic signals dynamically change signal timings based…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-02 Tanveer Ahmed , Hao Liu , Vikash V. Gayah

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

Cooperative coordination at unsignalized road intersections, which aims to improve the driving safety and traffic throughput for connected and automated vehicles, has attracted increasing interests in recent years. However, most existing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-23 Jiping Luo , Tingting Zhang , Rui Hao , Donglin Li , Chunsheng Chen , Zhenyu Na , Qinyu Zhang

In earlier work, a decentralized optimal control framework was established for coordinating online connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) at urban intersections. The policy designating the sequence that each CAV crosses the intersection,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-16 Andreas A. Malikopoulos , Liuhui Zhao

Earlier work has established a decentralized optimal control framework for coordinating online a continuous flow of connected automated vehicles (CAVs) entering a control zone and crossing two adjacent intersections in an urban area. A…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-21 Yue Zhang , Christos G. Cassandras , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

With the forecasted emergence of autonomous vehicles in urban traffic networks, new control policies are needed to leverage their potential for reducing congestion. While several efforts have studied the fully autonomous traffic control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-12 David Rey , Michael W Levin

This paper proposes a novel approach to integrate optimal control of perimeter intersections (i.e. to minimize local delay) into the perimeter control scheme (i.e. to optimize traffic performance at the network level). This is a complex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-26 Kaidi Yang , Nan Zheng , Monica Menendez

This paper presents the optimal-control suggestion for congestion on freeways using data assimilation (DA) of distributed fiber-optic sensing (DFOS). To simultaneously maximize throughput and avoid/mitigate congestion, it is necessary to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-30 Yoshiyuki Yajima , Hemant Prasad , Daisuke Ikefuji , Takemasa Suzuki , Shin Tominaga , Hitoshi Sakurai , Manabu Otani

Vehicle-road collaboration is a promising approach for enhancing the safety and efficiency of autonomous driving by extending the intelligence of onboard systems to smart roadside infrastructures. The introduction of digital twins (DTs),…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-21 Kui Wang , Kazuma Nonomura , Zongdian Li , Tao Yu , Kei Sakaguchi , Omar Hashash , Walid Saad , Changyang She , Yonghui Li

Ill-managed intersections are the primary reasons behind the increasing traffic problem in urban areas, leading to nonoptimal traffic-flow and unnecessary deadlocks. In this paper, we propose an automated intersection management system that…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-02-19 Md. Mushfiqur Rahman , Nahian Muhtasim Zahin , Kazi Raiyan Mahmud , Md. Azmaeen Bin Ansar

Reinforcement learning (RL) holds significant promise for adaptive traffic signal control. While existing RL-based methods demonstrate effectiveness in reducing vehicular congestion, their predominant focus on vehicle-centric optimization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Bibek Poudel , Xuan Wang , Weizi Li , Lei Zhu , Kevin Heaslip

A vehicle-to-infrastructure communication can inform an intersection controller about the location and speed of connected vehicles. Recently, the design of adaptive intersection control algorithms that take advantage of this information…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Ilya Finkelberg , Tibor Petrov , Ayelet Gal-Tzur , Nina Zarkhin , Peter Pocta , Tatiana Kovacikova , Lubos Buzna , Milan Dado , Tomer Toledo