Co-Optimization of Topology Design and Parameterized Control in a Traffic Network

Reference

Z. Cong, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuška, "Co-Optimization of Topology Design and Parameterized Control in a Traffic Network," Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 12 pp., Jan. 2014. Paper 14-2951.

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a co-optimization approach to jointly optimize the traffic network topology and traffic controllers in a traffic network. Since the network topology design has a long-term goal, while the traffic control is usually based on a minute-to-minute basis traffic situation, we use a so-called parameterized traffic control method to bring them to the same time scale. We apply the proposed co-optimization approach in a simulation-based case study, and compare it with a pure topology design and an iterative optimization method. The results show that our method can improve the interaction between topology design and traffic control design, and result in a better overall performance.

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Bibtex entry

@inproceedings{ConDeS:14-003,
author={Z. Cong and B. {D}e Schutter and R. Babu{\v{s}}ka},
title={Co-Optimization of Topology Design and Parameterized Control in a Traffic Network},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board},
address={Washington, DC},
month=jan,
year={2014},
note={Paper 14-2951}
}


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