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

M Ramezani, J Haddad, N Geroliminis - Transportation Research Part B …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Real traffic data and simulation analysis reveal that for some urban networks a well-defined
Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) exists, which provides a unimodal and low …

Perimeter and boundary flow control in multi-reservoir heterogeneous networks

K Aboudolas, N Geroliminis - Transportation Research Part B …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, we macroscopically describe the traffic dynamics in heterogeneous
transportation urban networks by utilizing the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD), a …

Enhancing model-based feedback perimeter control with data-driven online adaptive optimization

A Kouvelas, M Saeedmanesh, N Geroliminis - Transportation Research Part …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Most feedback perimeter control approaches that are based on the Macroscopic
Fundamental Diagram (MFD) and are tested in detailed network structures restrict inflow …

Macroscopic relations of urban traffic variables: Bifurcations, multivaluedness and instability

CF Daganzo, VV Gayah, EJ Gonzales - Transportation Research Part B …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Recent experimental work has shown that the average flow and average density within
certain urban networks are related by a unique, reproducible curve known as the …

Clockwise hysteresis loops in the macroscopic fundamental diagram: an effect of network instability

VV Gayah, CF Daganzo - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2011‏ - Elsevier
A recent study reported that the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram of a medium size city
exhibited a clockwise hysteresis loop on a day in which a major disturbance caused many …

Hierarchical control of heterogeneous large-scale urban road networks via path assignment and regional route guidance

M Yildirimoglu, II Sirmatel, N Geroliminis - Transportation Research Part B …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
High level of detail renders microscopic traffic models impractical for control purposes and
local control schemes cannot coordinate actions over large scale heterogeneously …

N-MP: A network-state-based Max Pressure algorithm incorporating regional perimeter control

H Liu, VV Gayah - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Max Pressure (MP) framework has been shown to be an effective real-time
decentralized traffic signal control algorithm. However, despite its superior performance and …

On the impacts of locally adaptive signal control on urban network stability and the macroscopic fundamental diagram

VV Gayah, XS Gao, AS Nagle - Transportation Research Part B …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Urban traffic networks are inherently unstable when congested. This instability causes a
natural tendency towards spatially inhomogeneous vehicle distributions and less consistent …

Optimal perimeter control synthesis for two urban regions with aggregate boundary queue dynamics

J Haddad - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Perimeter control policies for urban regions with Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD)
modeling have been presented in previous works. The control policies might meter the …

Hierarchical control for stochastic network traffic with reinforcement learning

ZC Su, AHF Chow, CL Fang, EM Liang… - … Research Part B …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This study proposes a hierarchical control framework to maximize the throughput of a road
network driven by travel demand with uncertainties. In the upper level, a perimeter controller …