Traffic flow optimisation in presence of vehicle automation and communication systems - Part II: Optimal control for multi-lane motorways

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 260-275

  Roncoli, Claudio ^a   Papageorgiou, Markos ^a   Papamichail, Ioannis ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Model based control; Motorway traffic control; Quadratic programming

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS; INTEGRATED TRAFFIC CONTROL; MODEL BASED CONTROLS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC FLOW CONTROL; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS; VEHICLE AUTOMATIONS;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AUTOMATION; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; MOTORWAY; OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84937979171     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2015.05.011     Document Type: Article

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