Nonlinear Optimal Control Applied to Coordinated Ramp Metering

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 920-933

  Kotsialos, Apostolos ^a   Papageorgiou, Markos ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

nonlinear systems; optimal control; ramp metering; traffic control (transportation)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

LARGE SCALE MOTORWAY NETWORKS; NONLINEAR OPTIMAL CONTROL; RAMP METERING;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 7744227313     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: 15580865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2004.833406     Document Type: Article

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