Decentralized signal control for urban road networks

Tung Le; Péter Kovács; Neil Walton; Hai L. Vu; Lachlan L. H. Andrew; Serge S. P. Hoogendoorn

doi:10.1016/j.trc.2014.11.009

Decentralized signal control for urban road networks

Tung Le, Péter Kovács, Neil Walton, Hai L. Vu, Lachlan L. H. Andrew, Serge S. P. Hoogendoorn

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Abstract

We propose in this paper a decentralized traffic signal control policy for urban road networks. Our policy is an adaptation of a so-called BackPressure scheme which has been widely recognized in data network as an optimal throughput control policy. We have formally proved that our proposed BackPressure scheme, with fixed cycle time and cyclic phases, stabilizes the network for any feasible traffic demands. Simulation has been conducted to compare our BackPressure policy against other existing distributed control policies in various traffic and network scenarios. Numerical results suggest that the proposed policy can surpass other policies both in terms of network throughput and congestion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	431-450
Number of pages	20
Journal	Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Volume	58
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2014.11.009
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

BackPressure
Traffic light control
Capacity region
Stability

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