Intelligent traffic control in urban areas

izvorni znanstveni rad

izvorni znanstveni rad

Intelligent traffic control in urban areas

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Tip izvorni znanstveni rad
Godina 2016
Časopis Horizons. Series B. Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, Biotechnology, Medicine and Health Sciences
Nadređena publikacija Horizons. Series B
Volumen 3
Stranice str. 165-176
DOI 10.20544/HORIZONS.B.03.1.16.P17
ISSN 1857-8578
EISSN 1857-9892
Status objavljeno

Sažetak

Control systems responding to the current traffic situation by adapting its parameters enable significant benefits. However, numerous limitations exist such as the need for accurate traffic models, the uncertainty in predicting future traffic flows, the difficulty in arrival time estimation, and the lack of a self-adjusting mechanism. Difficulties in optimising the signal control strategy and the importance of finding a solution to this problem resulted in different approaches. Methods from artificial intelligence have emerged as one possible solution. Such methods have the ability to accumulate and use knowledge, set a problem, learn, process, conclude, solve the problem and exchange knowledge. In this paper, the application of the Q-learning algorithm to control an independent intersection and an on-ramp on an urban motorway is described. Implemented approach enables an on-line adaptation of the control parameters to the current traffic situation reducing the delay in traffic.

Ključne riječi

artificial intelligence, independent intersections, Q-learning, ramp metering, urban traffic control