Local feedback-based mainstream traffic flow control on motorways using variable speed limits

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1261-1276

  Carlson, Rodrigo Castelan ^a,b   Papamichail, Ioannis ^a   Papageorgiou, Markos ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Feedback control; mainstream traffic flow control (MTFC); motorway traffic control; variable speed limits (VSLs)

Indexed keywords

DEMAND PREDICTION; FEEDBACK CONTROLLER; FIELD IMPLEMENTATION; ITS EFFICIENCIES; ONLINE MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; TRAFFIC FLOW CONTROL; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS (VSLS);

FEEDBACK CONTROL; FLOW CONTROL; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUST CONTROL; SPEED CONTROL;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 82455208985     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2011.2156792     Document Type: Article

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