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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

The heavy traffic congestion problem has always been a concern for modern cities. To alleviate traffic congestion, researchers use reinforcement learning (RL) to develop better traffic signal control (TSC) algorithms in recent years.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-18 Chang Liu , Huichu Zhang , Weinan Zhang , Guanjie Zheng , Yong Yu

Traffic congestion in metropolitan areas presents a formidable challenge with far-reaching economic, environmental, and societal ramifications. Therefore, effective congestion management is imperative, with traffic signal control (TSC)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-13 Maonan Wang , Aoyu Pang , Yuheng Kan , Man-On Pun , Chung Shue Chen , Bo Huang

Cooperative vehicle coordination at unsignalized intersections has garnered significant interest from both academia and industry in recent years, highlighting its notable advantages in improving traffic throughput and fuel efficiency.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-06 Haojie Bai , Jiping Luo , Huafu Li , Xiongwei Zhao , Yang Wang

Existing inefficient traffic light control causes numerous problems, such as long delay and waste of energy. To improve efficiency, taking real-time traffic information as an input and dynamically adjusting the traffic light duration…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-02-19 Xiaoyuan Liang , Xunsheng Du , Guiling Wang , Zhu Han

In autonomous driving, navigation through unsignaled intersections with many traffic participants moving around is a challenging task. To provide a solution to this problem, we propose a novel branched network G-CIL for the navigation…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-02 Xiaodong Mei , Yuxiang Sun , Yuying Chen , Congcong Liu , Ming Liu

Intersection is one of the most complex and accident-prone urban scenarios for autonomous driving wherein making safe and computationally efficient decisions is non-trivial. Current research mainly focuses on the simplified traffic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-11 Yangang Ren , Jianhua Jiang , Dongjie Yu , Shengbo Eben Li , Jingliang Duan , Chen Chen , Keqiang Li

Traffic Signal Control (TSC) aims to reduce the average travel time of vehicles in a road network, which in turn enhances fuel utilization efficiency, air quality, and road safety, benefiting society as a whole. Due to the complexity of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-14 Junfan Lin , Yuying Zhu , Lingbo Liu , Yang Liu , Guanbin Li , Liang Lin

Traffic congestion is a persistent problem in our society. Previous methods for traffic control have proven futile in alleviating current congestion levels leading researchers to explore ideas with robot vehicles given the increased…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Michael Villarreal , Bibek Poudel , Jia Pan , Weizi Li

Traffic congestion has large economic and social costs. The introduction of autonomous vehicles can potentially reduce this congestion by increasing road capacity via vehicle platooning and by creating an avenue for influencing people's…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-06-10 Erdem Bıyık , Daniel A. Lazar , Ramtin Pedarsani , Dorsa Sadigh

Traffic signal control is a significant part of the construction of intelligent transportation. An efficient traffic signal control strategy can reduce traffic congestion, improve urban road traffic efficiency and facilitate people's lives.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-14 Ruijie Qi , Jianbin Huang , He Li , Qinglin Tan , Longji Huang , Jiangtao Cui

Collaborative decision-making is an essential capability for multi-robot systems, such as connected vehicles, to collaboratively control autonomous vehicles in accident-prone scenarios. Under limited communication bandwidth, capturing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Peng Gao , Yu Shen , Ming C. Lin

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

Steering traffic in cities is a very complex task, since improving efficiency involves the coordination of many actors. Traditional approaches attempt to optimize traffic lights for a particular density and configuration of traffic. The…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 Carlos Gershenson

Efficient traffic control (TSC) is essential for urban mobility, but traditional systems struggle to handle the complexity of real-world traffic. Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) offers adaptive solutions, but online MARL requires…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Rohit Bokade , Xiaoning Jin

This paper introduces MoveLight, a novel traffic signal control system that enhances urban traffic management through movement-centric deep reinforcement learning. By leveraging detailed real-time data and advanced machine learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Junqi Shao , Chenhao Zheng , Yuxuan Chen , Yucheng Huang , Rui Zhang

This paper presents a mixed traffic control policy designed to optimize traffic efficiency across diverse road topologies, addressing issues of congestion prevalent in urban environments. A model-free reinforcement learning (RL) approach is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-29 Chuyang Xiao , Dawei Wang , Xinzheng Tang , Jia Pan , Yuexin Ma

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

The transition from today's mostly human-driven traffic to a purely automated one will be a gradual evolution, with the effect that we will likely experience mixed traffic in the near future. Connected and automated vehicles can benefit…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-14 Shengchao Yan , Tim Welschehold , Daniel Büscher , Wolfram Burgard

Due to increasing urban population and growing number of motor vehicles, traffic congestion is becoming a major problem of the 21st century. One of the main reasons behind traffic congestion is accidents which can not only result in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-01-02 A. Murat Ozbayoglu , Gokhan Kucukayan , Erdogan Dogdu