Reference:
S.K. Zegeye,
B. De Schutter,
J. Hellendoorn, and
E.A. Breunesse,
"Nonlinear MPC for the improvement of dispersion of freeway traffic
emissions," Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress,
Milan, Italy, pp. 10703-10708, Aug.-Sept. 2011.
Abstract:
In this paper a model-based traffic control is used to design variable
speed limits and on-ramp metering rates in order to reduce road
traffic generated area-wide emissions near freeways. First an
area-wide emission model is proposed and next a nonlinear model
predictive control (MPC) approach is applied. The objectives of the
MPC controller considered are the emissions, dispersions of emissions
in a public area near a freeway, travel times, or the combination of
these performance indicators. We compare different controlled
scenarios with respect to the uncontrolled case and with respect to
each other. The simulation-based case studies indicate that balanced
solutions can be obtained using the proposed nonlinear MPC control
strategy.
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