Optimizing Coordinated Ramp Metering: A Preemptive Hierarchical Control Approach

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-37

  Zhang, Guohui ^a   Wang, Yinhai ^b  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTIRE SYSTEM; FREEWAY CONGESTION; FREEWAY SYSTEMS; FREEWAY TRAFFIC; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL SCHEME; LINEAR PROGRAMS; MAINSTREAM FLOW; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; ON-RAMP; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; RAMP METERING; RAMP METERING ALGORITHMS; RAMP METERS; REAL TIME TRAFFICS; SIMULATION TESTS; STORAGE CAPACITY; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC DEMANDS;

ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL STORAGE; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ALGORITHM; GEOMETRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MOTORWAY; OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 84870897324     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2012.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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