A distributed simulator for road network control

Author

Wang, Yubin ; Vrancken, Jos ; Soares, Michel Dos Santos

Author_Institution

Trinite Automatisering B.V., Uithoorn, Netherlands

fYear

2010

fDate

10-12 April 2010

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

25

Abstract

This paper is about a distributed implementation of a road traffic simulator. The simulator will be used in an integrated, operational system for road traffic monitoring, visualization, prediction and control. The distributed implementation is needed in order to make the simulator scalable (especially with respect to road network size) and to make it comply with real-time requirements stemming from on-line use in control and decision support systems, with emphasis on network control rather than local control. The underlying traffic model is a first order, multi-class model. The implementation has been tested with the network of the Amsterdam A10 beltway.

Keywords

distributed control; road traffic; simulation; distributed simulator; integrated, operational system; road network control; road traffic simulator; Communication system traffic control; Decision support systems; Monitoring; Predictive models; Real time systems; Roads; Size control; Testing; Traffic control; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6450-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNSC.2010.5461557

Filename

5461557