THE SIMULATION OF SOME SIMPLE CONTROL POLICIES FOR A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION

THE SIMPLEST MODE CONSIDERED IS THAT OF TWO COMPETING RANDOM STREAMS. THE TRANSIENT RESPONSE AND DELAY/FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME SIMPLE CONTROL PROCEDURES ARE INVESTIGATED. THESE ARE BASED ON THE DUNNE-POTTS POLICY IN WHICH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IS SWITCHED WHEN THE QUEUE OF THE ROAD WITH RIGHT OF WAY HAS BEEN DISPERSED. THE MODEL IS THEN DEVELOPED TO CONSIDER FOUR COMPETING STREAMS AND THE CONTROL POLICIES ARE MODIFIED ACCORDINGLY. SIMILAR RESULTS TO THE TWO-STREAM CASE ARE PRESENTED. TURNING VEHICLES ARE CONSIDERED BY INCLUDING EIGHT COMPETING STREAMS IN THE INTERSECTION MODEL. /MSC/ INTERSECTION MODEL. /MSC/

• Authors:
  • Green, D H
  • Hartley, M G
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 263-77
• Serial:
  • Operational Research Quarterly /UK/
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intersections; Mathematical models; Signalization; Traffic delays; Traffic simulation; Turning traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Turning movements
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226621
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 1973 12:00AM