Network-Wide Traffic Signal Control Using Bilinear System Modeling and Adaptive Optimization
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (Hong Kong)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
This study proposes a new multi-input multi-output optimal bilinear signal control method in which a bilinear dynamic model approximation is used to capture the nonlinear dynamics of the urban traffic networks. With signal green time splits as the control input and traffic delay changes as the output for each intersections in the network, a bilinear system model was developed, which, on the basis of linear system modeling, takes interactions among traffic delays and signal timing splits into consideration. Based on the bilinear system modeling framework, we conducted two steps in each time interval to derive traffic control strategies: (1) we used the normalized least-squared algorithm to estimate system parameters; and (2) we solved an online optimization problem to obtain the updated traffic control inputs for the signal timing that minimizes future traffic delays. We evaluated the proposed method in a microscopic traffic simulation environment (VISSIM) with a 35-intersection network of Bellevue city in Washington. Two different traffic demand patterns: (1) normal traffic demands; and (2) time-varying traffic demands were simulated to compare the performance of different control strategies. Experimental results show that (1) the proposed bilinear system model can better describe traffic system dynamics than linear-model based methods, such as our previously developed linear-quadratic regulator control; and (2) the proposed method outperforms the state-of-the-art signal control strategies, namely the max-pressure and the self-organizing traffic light control methods. We have also shown that the proposed method is applicable to all other possible network layouts and signal controller phasing structures.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1897010
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 24, Issue 1; ISSN 1524-9050
- Publisher:
- IEEECopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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