Model Predictive Control for Ramp Metering of Motorway Traffic: A Case Study

Reference

T. Bellemans, B. De Schutter, and B. De Moor, "Model Predictive Control for Ramp Metering of Motorway Traffic: A Case Study," Control Engineering Practice, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 757-767, July 2006.

Abstract

A real-life motorway in Belgium is studied and a comparison is made between a simulation of a morning rush hour situation without control and a simulation of a morning rush hour situation with ramp metering implemented. Two types of controllers are compared: a traditional ALINEA based controller and a model predictive control based ramp metering controller. In order to evaluate the controllers in a realistic framework, the simulations presented in this paper are based on real-life traffic measurements, and constraints on the maximal allowed queue lengths at the on-ramps are imposed. The presented simulations are indicative for the reduction in the total time spent (on the studied motorway and on the on-ramps) that can be achieved by ramp metering during a typical morning rush hour.

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Bibtex entry

@article{BelDeS:02-022,
author={T. Bellemans and B. {D}e Schutter and B. {D}e Moor},
title={Model Predictive Control for Ramp Metering of Motorway Traffic: A Case Study},
journal={Control Engineering Practice},
volume={14},
number={7},
pages={757--767},
month=jul,
year={2006},
doi={10.1016/j.conengprac.2005.03.010}
}

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