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

In this paper, the authors introduce a co-optimization approach to jointly optimize the traffic network topology traffic controllers on the 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, the authors uses a so-called parameterized traffic control method to bring them to the same time scale. They applied the proposed co-optimization approach in a simulation-based case study, and compared it with a pure topology design and an iterative optimization method. The results show that this method can improve the interaction between topology design and traffic control design, and result in a better overall performance.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHB45 Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Cong, Z
  • De Schutter, Bart
  • Babuska, Robert
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC
  • Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
• Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Optimization; Real time information; Topology; Traffic control; Traffic control centers; Traffic flow; Traffic simulation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01506641
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-2951
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 7 2014 10:12AM