Model Predictive Control for Ramp Metering of Motorway Traffic: A Case Study

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T. Bellemans, B. De Schutter, and B. De Moor, "Model predictive control for ramp metering of motorway traffic: A case study," Control Engineering Practice, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 757-767, July 2006.

Abstract

A real-life motorway in Belgium is studied and a comparison is made between a simulation of a morning rush hour situation without control and a simulation of a morning rush hour situation with ramp metering implemented. Two types of controllers are compared: a traditional ALINEA based controller and a model predictive control based ramp metering controller. In order to evaluate the controllers in a realistic framework, the simulations presented in this paper are based on real-life traffic measurements, and constraints on the maximal allowed queue lengths at the on-ramps are imposed. The presented simulations are indicative for the reduction in the total time spent (on the studied motorway and on the on-ramps) that can be achieved by ramp metering during a typical morning rush hour.

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@article{BelDeS:02-022,
   author  = {Bellemans, Tom and De Schutter, Bart and De Moor, Bart},
   title   = {Model Predictive Control for Ramp Metering of Motorway Traffic: A
              Case Study},
   journal = {Control Engineering Practice},
   volume  = {14},
   number  = {7},
   pages   = {757--767},
   month   = jul,
   year    = {2006}
   }


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