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Vision-centric perception systems for autonomous driving have gained considerable attention recently due to their cost-effectiveness and scalability, especially compared to LiDAR-based systems. However, these systems often struggle in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Jinlong Li , Baolu Li , Zhengzhong Tu , Xinyu Liu , Qing Guo , Felix Juefei-Xu , Runsheng Xu , Hongkai Yu

Urban traffic is subject to disruptions that cause extended waiting time and safety issues at signalized intersections. While numerous studies have addressed the issue of intelligent traffic systems in the context of various disturbances,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-09-16 Qinchen Yang , Zejun Xie , Hua Wei , Desheng Zhang , Yu Yang

City-scale traffic signal control (TSC) involves thousands of heterogeneous intersections with varying topologies, making cooperative decision-making across intersections particularly challenging. Given the prohibitive computational cost of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-07 Jinwei Zeng , Chao Yu , Xinyi Yang , Wenxuan Ao , Qianyue Hao , Jian Yuan , Yong Li , Yu Wang , Huazhong Yang

We propose AttendLight, an end-to-end Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithm for the problem of traffic signal control. Previous approaches for this problem have the shortcoming that they require training for each new intersection with a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Afshin Oroojlooy , Mohammadreza Nazari , Davood Hajinezhad , Jorge Silva

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

This paper presents the results of a new deep learning model for traffic signal control. In this model, a novel state space approach is proposed to capture the main attributes of the control environment and the underlying temporal traffic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-20 Matthew Muresan , Liping Fu , Guangyuan Pan

This work examines the implications of uncoupled intersections with local real-world topology and sensor setup on traffic light control approaches. Control approaches are evaluated with respect to: Traffic flow, fuel consumption and noise…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-11-29 Mark Schutera , Niklas Goby , Stefan Smolarek , Markus Reischl

Recent advances in deep reinforcement learning (DRL) have largely promoted the performance of adaptive traffic signal control (ATSC). Nevertheless, regarding the implementation, most works are cumbersome in terms of storage and computation.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Dong Xing , Qian Zheng , Qianhui Liu , Gang Pan

This paper develops a decentralized reinforcement learning (RL) scheme for multi-intersection adaptive traffic signal control (TSC), called "CVLight", that leverages data collected from connected vehicles (CVs). The state and reward design…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-04 Mobin Zhao , Wangzhi Li , Yongjie Fu , Kangrui Ruan , Xuan Di

A number of deep reinforcement-learning (RL) approaches propose to control traffic signals. In this work, we study the robustness of such methods along two axes. First, sensor failures and GPS occlusions create missing-data challenges and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-09 Tianyu Shi , Francois-Xavier Devailly , Denis Larocque , Laurent Charlin

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 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

Reinforcement learning (RL) has shown promise in traffic signal control (TSC). However, its reliance on predefined states limits responsiveness to observable open-world events that are absent from training data. IoT-enabled intersections…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Aoyu Pang , Maonan Wang , Yuejiao Xie , Chung Shue Chen , Zhiwei Yang , Man-On Pun

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

In reinforcement learning-based (RL-based) traffic signal control (TSC), decisions on the signal timing are made based on the available information on vehicles at a road intersection. This forms the state representation for the RL…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-13 Lawrence Francis , Blessed Guda , Ahmed Biyabani

Diffusion models are powerful generative models that allow for precise control over the characteristics of the generated samples. While these diffusion models trained on large datasets have achieved success, there is often a need to…

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

Urban congestion remains a critical challenge, with traffic signal control (TSC) emerging as a potent solution. TSC is often modeled as a Markov Decision Process problem and then solved using reinforcement learning (RL), which has proven…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Aoyu Pang , Maonan Wang , Man-On Pun , Chung Shue Chen , Xi Xiong

Traffic signal control (TSC) plays a central role in reducing congestion and maintaining urban mobility. This dissertation introduces DGLight, a critic-guided reinforcement-learning framework for adapting a pretrained large language model…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Chenbo Yu

High-quality spatiotemporal traffic data is crucial for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and their data-driven applications. Inevitably, the issue of missing data caused by various disturbances threatens the reliability of data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Shaokang Cheng , Nada Osman , Shiru Qu , Lamberto Ballan