Title :
Decentralized nonlinear traffic control. I. Variable structure linearizing control
Author :
Kohan, Rashid R. ; Becerril, Rafael ; Aghdam, Amir G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, a new decentralized state feedback linearizing controller for ramp metering using variable structure control is presented. The main aim is to develop a robust controller to locally stabilize freeway traffic in the presence of disturbances and modelling errors. Simulation results show that the proposed controller provides improved performance in achieving the design objectives over other existing ramp control algorithms.
Keywords :
decentralised control; linearisation techniques; nonlinear control systems; road traffic; robust control; state feedback; traffic control; variable structure systems; decentralized nonlinear traffic control; decentralized state feedback linearizing controller; disturbances; local freeway traffic stabilization; modelling errors; ramp control algorithms; ramp metering; robust controller; simulation; variable structure control; variable structure linearizing control; Algorithm design and analysis; Control systems; Electric variables control; Error correction; Linear feedback control systems; Road transportation; Robust control; State feedback; Traffic control; Variable structure systems;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 2004. CDC. 43rd IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8682-5
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2004.1429678
