Title :
Determination of traffic signal settings for minimizing fuel consumption
Author :
Ikeda, Rie ; Kawashima, Hironao ; Oda, Toshihiko
Author_Institution :
Matsushita Commun. Ind. Co. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In recent years, the promotion of energy saving is important from the viewpoint of preventing greenhouse effect and improvement of air pollution problems. In addition to the research and development of vehicles themselves, smoothing of traffic flow and efficiency of traffic are important subjects to promote energy saving. In particular, reduction of fuel consumption by traffic control is thought as one of the practical plans that can utilize existing traffic management systems. In this paper, we analyze the signal control system not from the standpoint of user optimal but from the standpoint of energy saving, that is to minimize fuel consumption
Keywords :
air pollution control; optimisation; road traffic; signalling; traffic control; air pollution control; energy saving; fuel consumption; road traffic control; traffic flow; traffic signalling; Air pollution; Control system analysis; Control systems; Fuels; Optimal control; Research and development; Signal analysis; Smoothing methods; Traffic control; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Transportation Systems, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/IEEJ/JSAI International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4975-X
DOI :
10.1109/ITSC.1999.821066