OPTIMIZATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL SETTINGS BY MIXED-INTEGER LINEAR PROBRAMMING PART I: THE NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEM

Results obtained in Part I are extended to include offsets, at each intersection, and a common cycle time for the network as simultanious decision variables. In addition to be deterministic link performance function, the stochastic effects of overflow queues from one cycle to the next are modeled by means of a saturation deterrence function that enters as an additive component in the objective function. Computational results demonstrate the feasibility of using mixed-integer linear programming on problems of realistic size. Sensitivity analysis of cycle time shows it to have a strong influence on network performance. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • Gartner, N H
  • Little, JDC
  • Gabbay, H
• Publication Date: 1975-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 344-363
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Intersections; Linear programming; Networks; Optimization; Overflows; Percent saturation; Physicochemical properties; Queuing; Stochastic processes; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signal timing
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131181
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DAHC04-73-C0032
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM