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A restricted branch and bound approach for setting the left turn phase sequences in signalized networks

Conference ·
OSTI ID:83862
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
  2. Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA (United States). Turner Fairbanks Highway Research Center
The main objective of synchronized signal timing is to keep traffic moving along arterial in platoons throughout the signal system by proper setting of left turn phase sequence at signals along the arterials/networks. The synchronization of traffic signals located along the urban/suburban arterials in metropolitan areas is perhaps one of the most cost-effective method for improving traffic flow along these streets. The popular technique for solving this problem formulates it as a mixed integer linear program and used Land and Powell branch and bound search to arrive at the optimal solution. The computation time tends to be excessive for realistic multiarterial network problems due to the exhaustive nature of the branch and bound search technique. Furthermore, the Land and Powell branch and bound code is known to be numerically unstable, which results in suboptimal solutions for network problems with a range on the cycle time variable. This paper presents the development of a fast and numerically stable heuristic, developed using MINOS linear programming solver. The new heuristic can generate optimal/near-optimal solutions in a fraction of the time needed to compute the optimal solution by Land and Powell code. The solution technique is based on restricted search using branch and bound technique. The efficiency of the heuristic approach is demonstrated by numerical results for a set of test problems.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
83862
Report Number(s):
CONF-950193--2; ON: DE95014286
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English