A NOTE ON THE OPTIMAL CONTROL OF AN OVERSATURATED INTERSECTION

An existence condition for the solution of an optimal control problem for a single traffic intersection is derived in this note. The optimal control problem has been initially formulated and solved in the pioneering work of Gazis (1963, 1964) and coworkers. It is shown that existence conditions are fairly restrictive if control is required to dissolve all intersection queues at the same time. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Guardabassi, G
  • Locatelli, A
  • Papageorgiou, M
• Publication Date: 1984-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 111-113
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
  • Volume: 18B
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0191-2615
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01912615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway capacity; Intersections; Mathematical models; Optimization; Queuing; Signalized intersections; Traffic congestion; Traffic control
• Uncontrolled Terms: Intersection capacity; Optimum
• ITRD Terms: 632: Congestion (traffic); 455: Junction; 6473: Mathematical model; 6594: Queue; 654: Traffic control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390750
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1985 12:00AM