Title :
Analytical Modeling of Ramp Meter Systems
Author :
Mirchandani, Pitu ; Zou, Ning
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. & Ind. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ
Abstract :
Ramp meters are used to regulate the flow of traffic entering freeways. This paper develops a queuing model to analyze a ramp meter system with pre-timed control and adaptive control. With Poisson arrivals, the steady state probabilities can be achieved analytically. These results are compared with simulation-based results and, indeed, the analytical models predict well the simulation results
Keywords :
adaptive control; automated highways; meters; probability; queueing theory; road traffic; Poisson arrivals; adaptive control; pretimed control; queuing model; ramp meter system; steady state probability; traffic entering freeways; traffic flow; Adaptive control; Analytical models; Control system synthesis; Industrial engineering; Predictive models; Queueing analysis; Road vehicles; Steady-state; Traffic control; Vehicle safety;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, 2006. ITSC '06. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0093-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0094-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITSC.2006.1706779
