Reference
M. van den Berg, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Information providing as
a control measure in an integrated traffic control approach,"
Proceedings of the 8th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITSC '05), Vienna, Austria, pp. 91-96, Sept.
2005.
Abstract
We develop a control method for traffic networks that uses information
providing as a control measure. The provided information consists of travel
time information of different possible routes, shown on variable message signs.
We will present a model that describes the change in turning rates due to a
travel time difference between two possible routes. The controller we develop
integrates the provided information with variable speed limits, ramp metering,
or other control measures. This makes it possible to influence the turning
rates and slow down the traffic in such a way that the performance of the
network is optimal, without displaying predicted travel times that differ too
much from the experienced travel times. We consider a simple case study for
which we first illustrate the effects of the route choice model without any
control in a first simulation. Next, we illustrate the effect of variable speed
limits in the proposed setting when they are used for incident detection and
warning, and when they are used in an integrated control method together with
the travel time information.
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{vanDeS:05-014,
author = {van den Berg, Monique and De Schutter, Bart and Hellendoorn,
Johannes},
title = {Information Providing As a Control Measure in an Integrated
Traffic Control Approach},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th International IEEE Conference on
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC '05)},
address = {Vienna, Austria},
pages = {91--96},
month = sep,
year = {2005}
}