Optimal Control of Freeway Networks with Bottlenecks and Static
Demands
Reference
A. Hegyi,
B. De Schutter, and
J. Hellendoorn,
"Optimal Control of Freeway Networks with Bottlenecks and Static
Demands," Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of
the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 20 pp., Jan.
2005. Paper 05-0799.
Abstract
We consider optimally coordinated freeway traffic control for networks
containing bottlenecks with capacity drop and hysteresis behavior. Due
to the multitude of traffic jams, and the spatial and temporal
relationships between control actions and traffic behavior, this
problem is not as straightforward as for local control. The order in
which the measures are applied may be relevant, or it may be possible
that not all jams can be resolved. In that case the best possible
locations of jams should be determined. We develop an approach that
addresses these problems, where we use a generalized representation of
flow-limiting control measures and bottlenecks. We determine whether a
certain set of control measures is sufficient to improve the network
performance. The approach also supplies the necessary sequence of
control actions and the necessary relocation of traffic jams to
achieve the network state corresponding to the best achievable
performance.
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Bibtex entry
@inproceedings{HegDeS:04-028,
author={A. Hegyi and B. {D}e Schutter and J. Hellendoorn},
title={Optimal Control of Freeway Networks with Bottlenecks and Static
Demands},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research
Board},
address={Washington, DC},
month=jan,
year={2005},
note={Paper 05-0799}
}
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