Co-design of traffic network topology and control measures


Reference:
Z. Cong, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuska, "Co-design of traffic network topology and control measures," Transportation Research Part C, vol. 54, pp. 56-73, May 2015.

Abstract:
The two main directions to improve traffic flows in networks involve changing the network topology and introducing new traffic control measures. In this paper, we consider a co-design approach to apply these two methods jointly to improve the interaction between different methods and to get a better overall performance. We aim at finding the optimal network topology and the optimal parameters of traffic control laws at the same time by solving a co-optimization problem. However, such an optimization problem is usually highly non-linear and non-convex, and it possibly involves a mixed-integer form. Therefore, we discuss four different solution frameworks that can be used for solving the co-optimization problem, according to different requirements on the computational complexity and speed. A simulation-based study is implemented on the Singapore freeway network to illustrate the co-design approach and to compare the four different solution frameworks.


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Bibtex entry:

@article{ConDeS:14-040,
        author={Z. Cong and B. {D}e Schutter and R. Babu{\v{s}}ka},
        title={Co-design of traffic network topology and control measures},
        journal={Transportation Research Part C},
        volume={54},
        pages={56--73},
        month=may,
        year={2015},
        doi={10.1016/j.trc.2015.01.031}
        }



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