WSEAS Transactions on Systems and Control
Print ISSN: 1991-8763, E-ISSN: 2224-2856
Volume 18, 2023
Optimization Models for Urban Traffic Management
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Abstract: The main control tool for traffic management in urban areas is traffic light settings. The goal is to decrease the queue lengths at intersections. Usually, the duration of the green light of the traffic light is used for control. The control approach is based on the so-called “store-and-forward” model. However, this model does not reflect the stochastic nature of traffic dynamics. This study presents a model with some probabilistic conditions approximating real traffic behavior. An additional contribution concerns the definition of a bi-level optimization model that simultaneously optimizes the green light and traffic light cycle duration of an urban network of four intersections. Three traffic management optimization problems are defined and solved. Their solutions are graphically illustrated and commented on. Bi-level optimization outperforms by giving lower values of queue lengths compared to classical and stochastic nonlinear optimization problems in the considered network.
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Keywords: modeling, traffic control, traffic light settings, store-and-forward model, optimization, bi-level
optimization
Pages: 187-194
DOI: 10.37394/23203.2023.18.19