DocumentCode :
2208684
Title :
A supporting tool for efficient city traffic planning
Author :
Koggalage, Ravindra ; Dissanayake, Hiruna
Author_Institution :
ANCL, Colombo, Sri Lanka
fYear :
2010
fDate :
July 29 2010-Aug. 1 2010
Firstpage :
354
Lastpage :
359
Abstract :
Heavily congested roads in city areas are a common problem today. Several attempts to solve this problem by improving road infrastructure or imposing restrictions on motor vehicles entering city areas are not feasible, especially in developing countries like Sri Lanka. This may be due to lack of funds to improve the infrastructure, the objections of the general public on applying restrictions on the inflow of vehicles or difficulties on acquiring lands to construct roads in highly populated areas. Therefore it is important to have a different method to handle traffic congestions. A methodology of handling city traffic in a very efficient way by proper traffic management instead of modifying the road infrastructure is presented in this paper. This is achieved by rearranging the traffic flow in such a way that the interruption to the continuous traffic flow is minimized. A tool was developed using Flow Control Mechanisms, Genetic Algorithms and Graph Theory in order to dynamically suggest improved traffic plans.
Keywords :
genetic algorithms; graph theory; planning; road traffic; city traffic planning; congested roads; flow control mechanisms; genetic algorithms; graph theory; motor vehicles; road infrastructure; traffic flow; Bidirectional control; Biological cells; Cities and towns; Cost function; Information systems; Roads; Vehicles; Flow Control; Genetic Algorithms; Graph Theory; Traffic Planning;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mangalore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6651-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICIINFS.2010.5578680
Filename :
5578680
Link To Document :
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