Global versus local MPC algorithms in freeway traffic control with ramp metering and variable speed limits

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1556-1565

  Frejo, José Ramón Domínguez ^a   Camacho, Eduardo Fernández ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Freeway; intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); METANET; model predictive control (MPC)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CYCLE; FREEWAY TRAFFIC; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; LOCAL CONTROLLERS; METANET; RAMP METERING; REAL TIME; SAMPLING TIME; TRAFFIC NETWORKS; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

ALGORITHMS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL; VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 84870492060     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2012.2195493     Document Type: Article

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