• DocumentCode
    1599213
  • Title

    A control algorithm for traffic lights

  • Author

    Riedel, Th ; Brunner, U.

  • Author_Institution
    Autom. Control Lab., ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    901
  • Abstract
    An approach to designing controllers for traffic lights is presented. The model of a traffic crossing is derived by considering a simple crossing. Using a combination of dynamic programming and branch and bound, a control algorithm is developed. A visualization of the algorithm by means of graphs is given, complexity issues are investigated, and computational refinements are proposed. Extensions to more complex and to closely coupled crossings are discussed
  • Keywords
    control system synthesis; dynamic programming; road traffic; traffic control; branch and bound; complexity; computational refinements; control algorithm; dynamic programming; traffic crossing; traffic lights; Automatic control; Cities and towns; Control systems; Costs; Laboratories; Lighting control; Pins; Sensor systems; Throughput; Traffic control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control Applications, 1992., First IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Dayton, OH
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0047-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CCA.1992.269802
  • Filename
    269802