Intelligent Network Traffic Control by Integrating Top-down and Bottom-up Control

摘要：

In the Netherlands, the common approach for road network traf.c control is top-down control by applying so-called control schemes. However, it has several important drawbacks due to its centralized control nature. Only traf.c control centers will decide the control scheme according to patterns observed in traf.c. As the system is distributed over a network, bottom-up control is a good complement to top-down control by applying multi-agent distributed control. Transforming these elements into agents will make traf.c respond much faster to change. This paper presents an approach to integrating both the bottom-up and the top-down control for road network traf.c control systems. The combined approach can have all the advantages of both approaches and avoid their disadvantages. This approach has been applied in the operational traf.c control system for the Dutch city of Alkmaar. It was developed at the Dutch traf.c management company Trinite Automatisering B.V.

关键词： Road Traffic Control Top-Down Control Bottom-Up Control Central Control Multi-Agent Control

作者: Yubin Wang Jos Vrancken Michel dos Santos

作者单位: Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Net Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Net

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2009年中国控制与决策会议(2009 Chinese Control and Decision Conference)

会议地点: 广西桂林

会议语种:英文

页码: 1557-1562

在线出版日期: 2009-06-17（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）