Co-Design of Traffic Network Topology and Control Measures

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Z. Cong, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuška, "Co-design of traffic network topology and control measures," Transportation Research Part C, vol. 54, pp. 56-73, May 2015.

Abstract

The two main directions to improve traffic flows in networks involve changing the network topology and introducing new traffic control measures. In this paper, we consider a co-design approach to apply these two methods jointly to improve the interaction between different methods and to get a better overall performance. We aim at finding the optimal network topology and the optimal parameters of traffic control laws at the same time by solving a co-optimization problem. However, such an optimization problem is usually highly non-linear and non-convex, and it possibly involves a mixed-integer form. Therefore, we discuss four different solution frameworks that can be used for solving the co-optimization problem, according to different requirements on the computational complexity and speed. A simulation-based study is implemented on the Singapore freeway network to illustrate the co-design approach and to compare the four different solution frameworks.

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@article{ConDeS:14-040,
   author  = {Cong, Zhe and De Schutter, Bart and Babu{\v{s}}ka, Robert},
   title   = {Co-Design of Traffic Network Topology and Control Measures},
   journal = {Transportation Research Part C},
   volume  = {54},
   pages   = {56--73},
   month   = may,
   year    = {2015}
   }


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