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The management of mixed traffic that consists of robot vehicles (RVs) and human-driven vehicles (HVs) at complex intersections presents a multifaceted challenge. Traditional signal controls often struggle to adapt to dynamic traffic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Dawei Wang , Weizi Li , Lei Zhu , Jia Pan

Currently, traffic signal control (TSC) methods based on reinforcement learning (RL) have proven superior to traditional methods. However, most RL methods face difficulties when applied in the real world due to three factors: input, output,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Haoyuan Jiang , Xuantang Xiong , Ziyue Li , Hangyu Mao , Guanghu Sui , Jingqing Ruan , Yuheng Cheng , Hua Wei , Wolfgang Ketter , Rui Zhao

Urban Traffic Control (UTC) plays an essential role in Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) but remains difficult. Since model-based UTC methods may not accurately describe the complex nature of traffic dynamics in all situations,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-08-27 Yilun Lin , Xingyuan Dai , Li Li , Fei-Yue Wang

Traffic congestion is a persistent problem in urban areas, which calls for the development of effective traffic signal control (TSC) systems. While existing Reinforcement Learning (RL)-based methods have shown promising performance in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-13 Maonan Wang , Xi Xiong , Yuheng Kan , Chengcheng Xu , Man-On Pun

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

This article proposes a novel approach to traffic signal control that combines phase re-service with reinforcement learning (RL). The RL agent directly determines the duration of the next phase in a pre-defined sequence. Before the RL…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-05 Zhiyao Zhang , George Gunter , Marcos Quinones-Grueiro , Yuhang Zhang , William Barbour , Gautam Biswas , Daniel Work

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) uses diverse, unstructured data and makes RL capable of learning complex policies in high dimensional environments. Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) based on Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) offers an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-30 Anum Mushtaq , Irfan ul Haq , Muhammad Azeem Sarwar , Asifullah Khan , Omair Shafiq

Variable speed limit (VSL) control is an established yet challenging problem to improve freeway traffic mobility and alleviate bottlenecks by customizing speed limits at proper locations based on traffic conditions. Recent advances in deep…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-16 Jingwen Yang , Ping Wang , Fatemeh Golpayegani , Shen Wang

Traffic congestion, primarily driven by intersection queuing, significantly impacts urban living standards, safety, environmental quality, and economic efficiency. While Traffic Signal Control (TSC) systems hold potential for congestion…

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

Traffic signal control is an important problem in urban mobility with a significant potential of economic and environmental impact. While there is a growing interest in Reinforcement Learning (RL) for traffic signal control, the work so far…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-12-13 Mayuresh Kunjir , Sanjay Chawla

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) have attracted the attention of researchers and the general public alike as a means to alleviate traffic congestion. Recently, the maturity of wireless technology has enabled a cost-efficient way to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-03-03 Rusheng Zhang , Akihiro Ishikawa , Wenli Wang , Benjamin Striner , Ozan Tonguz

Recent breakthroughs both in reinforcement learning and trajectory optimization have made significant advances towards real world robotic system deployment. Reinforcement learning (RL) can be applied to many problems without needing any…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-23 Guillaume Bellegarda , Katie Byl

Reinforcement learning is able to solve complex sequential decision-making tasks but is currently limited by sample efficiency and required computation. To improve sample efficiency, recent work focuses on model-based RL which interleaves…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-19 Yi Zhao , Wenshuai Zhao , Rinu Boney , Juho Kannala , Joni Pajarinen

This study proposes a novel adaptive traffic signal control method leveraging a Deep Q-Network (DQN) and Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) to optimize signal timing by integrating variable cell length and multi-channel state…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-16 Maojiang Deng , Shoufeng Lu , Jiazhao Shi , Wen Zhang

Model-free reinforcement learning (RL) is a powerful approach for learning control policies directly from high-dimensional state and observation. However, it tends to be data-inefficient, which is especially costly in robotic learning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-14 Xubo Lyu , Mo Chen

Urban traffic congestion, particularly at intersections, significantly affects travel time, fuel consumption, and emissions. Traditional fixed-time signal control systems often lack the adaptability to effectively manage dynamic traffic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Saahil Mahato

The issue of traffic congestion poses a significant obstacle to the development of global cities. One promising solution to tackle this problem is intelligent traffic signal control (TSC). Recently, TSC strategies leveraging reinforcement…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Yutian Zhang , Guohong Zheng , Zhiyuan Liu , Quan Li , Haipeng Zeng

Increasingly available city data and advanced learning techniques have empowered people to improve the efficiency of our city functions. Among them, improving the urban transportation efficiency is one of the most prominent topics. Recent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Guanjie Zheng , Yuanhao Xiong , Xinshi Zang , Jie Feng , Hua Wei , Huichu Zhang , Yong Li , Kai Xu , Zhenhui Li

We introduce Traffic-R1, a 3B-parameter foundation model with human-like reasoning for Traffic signal control (TSC), developed via self-exploration and iterative reinforcement of LLM with expert guidance in a simulated traffic environment.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Xingchen Zou , Yuhao Yang , Zheng Chen , Xixuan Hao , Yiqi Chen , Chao Huang , Yuxuan Liang

System optimal traffic routing can mitigate congestion by assigning routes for a portion of vehicles so that the total travel time of all vehicles in the transportation system can be reduced. However, achieving real-time optimal routing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Zemian Ke , Qiling Zou , Jiachao Liu , Sean Qian