Optimizing Traffic Signal Settings in Smart Cities
Optimizing Traffic Signal Settings in Smart Cities
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DOI:
10.1109/tsg.2016.2526032
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发表时间:
2017-09
影响因子:
9.6
通讯作者:
Zhiyi Li;M. Shahidehpour;S. Bahramirad;A. Khodaei
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作者:
Zhiyi Li;M. Shahidehpour;S. Bahramirad;A. Khodaei
Traffic signals play a critical role in smart cities for mitigating traffic congestions and reducing the emission in metropolitan areas. This paper proposes a bi-level optimization framework to settle the optimal traffic signal setting problem. The upper-level problem determines the traffic signal settings to minimize the drivers’ average travel time, while the lower-level problem aims for achieving the network equilibrium using the settings calculated at the upper level. Genetic algorithm is employed with the integration of microscopic-traffic-simulation-based dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) to decouple the complex bi-level problem into tractable single-level problems, which are solved sequentially. Case studies on a synthetic traffic network and a real-world traffic subnetwork are conducted to examine the effectiveness of the proposed model and relevant solution methods. Additional strategies are provided for the extension of the proposed model and the acceleration of solution process in large-area traffic network applications.