Reduction of Travel Times and Traffic Emissions Using Model Predictive
Control
Reference
S.K. Zegeye,
B. De Schutter,
H. Hellendoorn, and
E. Breunesse,
"Reduction of Travel Times and Traffic Emissions Using Model
Predictive Control," Proceedings of the 2009 American
Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, pp. 5392-5397, June
2009.
Abstract
In this paper we present a model-based traffic flow control approach
to improve both traffic flow and emissions in a traffic network. A
model predictive control (MPC) is implemented using a microscopic
car-following traffic flow model and an average-speed-based emission
model. We consider reduction of total time spent (TTS) and total
emissions (TE) as performance measures of the control strategy.
Moreover, with the help of simulations we illustrate that a traffic
control strategy, particularly an MPC strategy, aiming at the
reduction of the TTS does not necessarily reduce the level of
emissions. In particular, when the traffic flow is congested, we
demonstrate that a traffic control strategy that addresses TTS (or
improvement of the traffic flow) alone can cause an increment in the
level of emissions and vice versa. Therefore, in this paper we explain
how to integrate both requirements so that a balanced trade-off is
obtained.
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Bibtex entry
@inproceedings{ZegDeS:09-004,
author={S.K. Zegeye and B. {D}e Schutter and H. Hellendoorn and E.
Breunesse},
title={Reduction of Travel Times and Traffic Emissions Using Model Predictive
Control},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2009 American Control Conference},
address={St.\ Louis, Missouri},
pages={5392--5397},
month=jun,
year={2009}
}
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