• DocumentCode
    2218050
  • Title

    Design and evaluation of a roadway controller for freeway traffic

  • Author

    Zhang, Jianlong ; Boitor, Andrei ; Ioannou, Petros

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern California, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    13-15 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    543
  • Lastpage
    548
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a roadway controller that optimally coordinates speed limits and ramp metering to improve freeway traffic efficiency is designed using the model predictive control (MPC) methodology. The performance of the roadway controller is evaluated using a microscopic model, which is constructed and validated with field data from the Berkeley Highway Laboratory (BHL). Our simulation results demonstrate that the proposed controller reduces traffic congestion and the total time spent (TTS) in the network by up to 12%.
  • Keywords
    control system synthesis; predictive control; road traffic; Berkeley Highway Laboratory; freeway traffic; model predictive control; ramp metering; roadway controller; traffic congestion reduction; Communication system traffic control; Intelligent transportation systems; Mathematical model; Microscopy; Optimal control; Predictive control; Predictive models; Road vehicles; Speech synthesis; Traffic control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2005. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9215-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITSC.2005.1520106
  • Filename
    1520106