Constructing a fundamental diagram for traffic flow with automated vehicles: Methodology and demonstration

X Shi, X Li - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasingly, commercial vehicles are equipped with automated vehicle (AV) features such
as adaptive cruise control systems. The AV feature can automatically control the headway …

Clustering of heterogeneous networks with directional flows based on “Snake” similarities

M Saeedmanesh, N Geroliminis - Transportation Research Part B …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aggregated network level modeling and control of traffic in urban networks have recently
gained a lot of interest due to unpredictability of travel behaviors and high complexity of …

Dynamic clustering and propagation of congestion in heterogeneously congested urban traffic networks

M Saeedmanesh, N Geroliminis - Transportation research procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
The problem of clustering in urban traffic networks has been mainly studied in static
framework by considering traffic conditions at a given time. Nevertheless, it is important to …

Macroscopic fundamental diagrams: A cross-comparison of estimation methods

L Leclercq, N Chiabaut, B Trinquier - Transportation Research Part B …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper aims to cross-compare existing estimation methods for the Macroscopic
Fundamental Diagram. Raw data are provided by a mesoscopic simulation tool for two …

Hierarchical ramp metering in freeways: An aggregated modeling and control approach

Y Han, M Ramezani, A Hegyi, Y Yuan… - … research part C …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper develops a model-based hierarchical control method for coordinated ramp
metering on freeway networks with multiple bottlenecks and on-and off-ramps. The controller …

Optimal distance-and time-dependent area-based pricing with the Network Fundamental Diagram

Z Gu, S Shafiei, Z Liu, M Saberi - Transportation Research Part C …, 2018 - Elsevier
Given the efficiency and equity concerns of a cordon toll, this paper proposes a few
alternative distance-dependent area-based pricing models for a large-scale dynamic traffic …

Macroscopic traffic dynamics with heterogeneous route patterns

L Leclercq, C Parzani, VL Knoop, J Amourette… - Transportation Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper investigates at an aggregated (macroscopic) scale the effects of route patterns on
a road network. Four main variables are considered: the production, the mean speed, the …

Marginal cost congestion pricing based on the network fundamental diagram

MD Simoni, AJ Pel, RA Waraich… - … Research Part C …, 2015 - Elsevier
Congestion pricing schemes have been traditionally derived based on analytical
representations of travel demand and traffic flows, such as in bottleneck models. A major …

Traffic dynamics: Its impact on the macroscopic fundamental diagram

VL Knoop, H Van Lint, SP Hoogendoorn - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics …, 2015 - Elsevier
Literature shows that–under specific conditions–the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram
(MFD) describes a crisp relationship between the average flow (production) and the average …

A network partitioning algorithmic approach for macroscopic fundamental diagram-based hierarchical traffic network management

K An, YC Chiu, X Hu, X Chen - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The existence of a macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) in a network/subnetwork allows
one to formulate hierarchical traffic management strategies. In order to achieve this, a robust …