Reference
S. Zegeye, B. De Schutter, H. Hellendoorn, and E. Breunesse, "A model-based
predictive traffic control approach for the reduction of emissions,"
Proceedings of the 10th TRAIL Congress 2008 - TRAIL in Perspective -
Selected Papers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 11 pp., Oct. 2008.
Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to illustrate the applicability and
potential advantages of model-based traffic control for the reduction of
emissions. We investigate the impact of a model-based control strategy on
emissions and traffic flow using model predictive control (MPC). We consider
reduction of emissions and total time spent (TTS). The MPC controller is based
on a car-following traffic flow model and an average-speed-based emission
model. Moreover, we illustrate that a control strategy, that only addresses the
improvement of traffic flow does not necessarily guarantee improvement in the
level of emissions. We demonstrate that a traffic control strategy (such as
MPC) addressing emissions and total time spent can result in a balanced
reduction of emissions and total time spent. Using simulation, we analyse the
effects of different weighting combinations on the different emission gases of
traffic flow and the TTS. We illustrate with a simulation example that the
proposed traffic control approach can reduce both emissions and TTS. Simulation
results show 11.1% reduction in average time spent, and 37.55% reduction in
total average emission levels.
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{ZegDeS:08-023,
author = {Zegeye, Solomon and De Schutter, Bart and Hellendoorn, Hans and
Breunesse, Ewald},
title = {A Model-Based Predictive Traffic Control Approach for the
Reduction of Emissions},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 10th TRAIL Congress 2008 -- TRAIL in
Perspective -- Selected Papers},
address = {Rotterdam, The Netherlands},
month = oct,
year = {2008}
}