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Leveraging large language models (LLMs) in traffic signal control (TSC) improves optimization efficiency and interpretability compared to traditional reinforcement learning (RL) methods. However, existing LLM-based approaches are limited by…

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Traffic accidents result in millions of injuries and fatalities globally, with a significant number occurring at intersections each year. Traffic Signal Control (TSC) is an effective strategy for enhancing safety at these urban junctures.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Mingyuan Li , Chunyu Liu , Zhuojun Li , Xiao Liu , Guangsheng Yu , Bo Du , Jun Shen , Qiang Wu

Reinforcement Learning (RL) in Traffic Signal Control (TSC) faces significant hurdles in real-world deployment due to limited generalization to dynamic traffic flow variations. Existing approaches often overfit static patterns and use…

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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

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

Existing ineffective and inflexible traffic light control at urban intersections can often lead to congestion in traffic flows and cause numerous problems, such as long delay and waste of energy. How to find the optimal signal timing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-30 Chenguang Zhao , Xiaorong Hu , Gang Wang

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…

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Reinforcement learning-based traffic signal control (RL-TSC) has emerged as a promising approach for improving urban mobility. However, its robustness under real-world disruptions such as traffic incidents remains largely underexplored. In…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Dang Viet Anh Nguyen , Carlos Lima Azevedo , Tomer Toledo , Filipe Rodrigues

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

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated cyberattacks due to their complex, interconnected nature. Ensuring the cybersecurity of these systems is paramount to maintaining road safety and…

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We study the Traffic Light Control (TLC) problem for a single intersection, considering both straight driving vehicle flows and corresponding crossing pedestrian flows with the goal of achieving a fair jointly optimal sharing policy in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-16 Yingqing Chen , Christos G. Cassandras

Reinforcement learning has been revolutionizing the traditional traffic signal control task, showing promising power to relieve congestion and improve efficiency. However, the existing methods lack effective learning mechanisms capable of…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-12-25 Jiaming Lu , Jingqing Ruan , Haoyuan Jiang , Ziyue Li , Hangyu Mao , Rui Zhao

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

Traffic light control is important for reducing congestion in urban mobility systems. This paper proposes a real-time traffic light control method using deep Q learning. Our approach incorporates a reward function considering queue lengths,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Taoyu Pan

In this paper we revisit some of the fundamental premises for a reinforcement learning (RL) approach to self-learning traffic lights. We propose RLight, a combination of choices that offers robust performance and good generalization to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Sierk Kanis , Laurens Samson , Daan Bloembergen , Tim Bakker

Although Reinforcement Learning (RL)-based Traffic Signal Control (TSC) methods have been extensively studied, their practical applications still raise some serious issues such as high learning cost and poor generalizability. This is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Yutong Ye , Yingbo Zhou , Zhusen Liu , Xiao Du , Hao Zhou , Xiang Lian , Mingsong Chen

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

Several studies have employed reinforcement learning (RL) to address the challenges of regional adaptive traffic signal control (ATSC) and achieved promising results. In this field, existing research predominantly adopts multi-agent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Qiang Li , Ningjing Zeng , Lina Yu

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

Efficient traffic signal control (TSC) is crucial for reducing congestion, travel delays, pollution, and for ensuring road safety. Traditional approaches, such as fixed signal control and actuated control, often struggle to handle dynamic…

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