TRAFFIC CONTROL AT AN INTERSECTION BY MEANS OF A MINICOMPUTER

The paper reports on a study undertaken in France to evaluate the advantages of such control and of the possibility of choosing different adaptive algorithms according traffic conditions. A minicomputer has been installed at an intersection near Paris, and 4 algorithms are experimented with to assess their efficiency: volume, concentration, critical interval, Miller algorithm, and "AERO-Ville de Paris" algorithm. A simulation study has also been undertaken on the same intersection with the same algorithms and a comparison of the results in simulation and on site will be made.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the International Federation of Automatic Control/International Foundation for Information Process/International Federation of Oper Research Society International Symposium: Control in Transportation Systems, Columbus, Ohio, August 9-13, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Federation of Automatic Control

  EKONO, P.O.B. 27
  Helsinki 13,   Finland 
• Authors:
  • Jezequel, R
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the International Federation of Automatic Control/International Foundation for Information Process/International Federation of Oper Research Society International Symposium: Control in Transportation Systems, Columbus, Ohio, August 9-13, 19
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 185-193

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Highway traffic control; Information processing; Minicomputers; Signalized intersections; Simulation; Traffic control; Traffic volume
• Uncontrolled Terms: Miniature equipment
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156373
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM