Dynamics of heterogeneity in urban networks: Aggregated traffic modeling and hierarchical control

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-19

  Ramezani, Mohsen ^a   Haddad, Jack ^b   Geroliminis, Nikolas ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Hierarchical control; Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD); Perimeter control; Traffic hysteresis

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; FLOW CONTROL; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; NETWORK PERFORMANCE;

FLOW CONTROL PROBLEMS; HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEOUS MODELING; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MACROSCOPIC FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; MODEL-PREDICTIVE CONTROL APPROACH; MONITORING TECHNIQUES;

CONTROLLERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HETEROGENEITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYSTERESIS; MODELING; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84922577163     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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