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The adaptive traffic signal control (ATSC) problem can be modeled as a multiagent cooperative game among urban intersections, where intersections cooperate to optimize their common goal. Recently, reinforcement learning (RL) has achieved…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-23 Chengwei Zhang , Shan Jin , Wanli Xue , Xiaofei Xie , Shengyong Chen , Rong Chen

This paper considers optimal traffic signal control in smart cities, which has been taken as a complex networked system control problem. Given the interacting dynamics among traffic lights and road networks, attaining controller adaptivity…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-08 Yao Zhang , Zhiwen Yu , Jun Zhang , Liang Wang , Tom H. Luan , Bin Guo , Chau Yuen

Traffic congestion has lead to an increasing emphasis on management measures for a more efficient utilization of existing infrastructure. In this context, this paper proposes a novel framework that integrates real-time optimization of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-20 Samarth Gupta , Ravi Seshadri , Bilge Atasoy , A. Arun Prakash , Francisco Pereira , Gary Tan , Moshe Ben-Akiva

Various congestion control protocols have been designed to achieve high performance in different network environments. Modern online learning solutions that delegate the congestion control actions to a machine cannot properly converge in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Shiva Ketabi , Hongkai Chen , Haiwei Dong , Yashar Ganjali

Traffic simulations are commonly used to optimize urban traffic flow, with reinforcement learning (RL) showing promising potential for automated traffic signal control, particularly in intelligent transportation systems involving connected…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-19 Talha Azfar , Kaicong Huang , Andrew Tracy , Sandra Misiewicz , Chenxi Liu , Ruimin Ke

Air traffic control is a real-time safety-critical decision making process in highly dynamic and stochastic environments. In today's aviation practice, a human air traffic controller monitors and directs many aircraft flying through its…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-05-07 Marc Brittain , Peng Wei

Extensive research has been devoted to the field of multi-agent navigation. Recently, there has been remarkable progress attributed to the emergence of learning-based techniques with substantially elevated intelligence and realism.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Xuan Zhang , Xifeng Gao , Kui Wu , Zherong Pan

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

Active traffic management with autonomous vehicles offers the potential for reduced congestion and improved traffic flow. However, developing effective algorithms for real-world scenarios requires overcoming challenges related to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Shengchao Yan , Lukas König , Wolfram Burgard

Connected Autonomous Vehicles will make autonomous intersection management a reality replacing traditional traffic signal control. Autonomous intersection management requires time and speed adjustment of vehicles arriving at an intersection…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-02-10 Udesh Gunarathna , Shanika Karunasekara , Renata Borovica-Gajic , Egemen Tanin

Coordination in traffic signal control is crucial for managing congestion in urban networks. Existing pressure-based control methods focus only on immediate upstream links, leading to suboptimal green time allocation and increased network…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-20 Xiaocan Li , Xiaoyu Wang , Ilia Smirnov , Scott Sanner , Baher Abdulhai

Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) has shown significant potential in traffic signal control (TSC). However, current MARL-based methods often suffer from insufficient generalization due to the fixed traffic patterns and road network…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Yihong Li , Chengwei Zhang , Furui Zhan , Wanting Liu , Kailing Zhou , Longji Zheng

The integration of Automated Vehicles (AVs) into traffic flow holds the potential to significantly improve traffic congestion by enabling AVs to function as actuators within the flow. This paper introduces an adaptive speed controller…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-20 Han Wang , Hossein Nick Zinat Matin , Maria Laura Delle Monache

Conventional Congestion Control (CC) algorithms,such as TCP Cubic, struggle in tactical environments as they misinterpret packet loss and fluctuating network performance as congestion symptoms. Recent efforts, including our own MARLIN, have…

Model-based reinforcement learning (RL) is anticipated to exhibit higher sample efficiency compared to model-free RL by utilizing a virtual environment model. However, it is challenging to obtain sufficiently accurate representations of the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Zihao Sheng , Zilin Huang , Sikai Chen

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

Traffic congestion in urban areas is a significant problem, leading to prolonged travel times, reduced efficiency, and increased environmental concerns. Effective traffic signal control (TSC) is a key strategy for reducing congestion.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-27 Maonan Wang , Yirong Chen , Yuheng Kan , Chengcheng Xu , Michael Lepech , Man-On Pun , Xi Xiong

The deployment of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) poses considerable challenges and unique opportunities for the design and management of future urban road infrastructure. In light of this disruptive transformation, the Right-Of-Way (ROW)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-23 Qiming Ye , Yuxiang Feng , Jose Javier Escribano Macias , Marc Stettler , Panagiotis Angeloudis

In the backdrop of an increasingly pressing need for effective urban and highway transportation systems, this work explores the synergy between model-based and learning-based strategies to enhance traffic flow management by use of an…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-04 Filippo Airaldi , Bart De Schutter , Azita Dabiri

Reinforcement Learning is proving a successful tool that can manage urban intersections with a fraction of the effort required to curate traditional traffic controllers. However, literature on the introduction and control of pedestrians to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Alvaro Cabrejas-Egea , Colm Connaughton