A macroscopic traffic flow model for integrated control of freeway and urban traffic networks

Author

van den Berg, M. ; Hegyi, A. ; De Schutter, B. ; Hellendoorn, J.

Author_Institution

Delft Center for Syst. & Control, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

9-12 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

2774

Abstract

We develop a macroscopic model for mixed urban and freeway traffic networks that is particularly suited for control purposes. In particular, we use an extended version of the METANET traffic flow model to describe the evolution of the traffic flows in the freeway part of the network. For the urban network we propose a new model that is based on the Kashani model. Furthermore, we also describe the interface between the urban and the freeway model. This results in an integrated model for mixed freeway and urban traffic networks. This model is especially suited for use in a model predictive traffic control approach.

Keywords

control engineering computing; digital simulation; predictive control; traffic control; traffic engineering computing; METANET traffic flow model; dynamic traffic management; freeway traffic networks; integrated control; macroscopic traffic flow model; model predictive traffic control; urban traffic networks; Centralized control; Communication system traffic control; Counting circuits; Equations; Geometry; Road vehicles; Traffic control; Vehicle driving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Decision and Control, 2003. Proceedings. 42nd IEEE Conference on

ISSN

0191-2216

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7924-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CDC.2003.1273044

Filename

1273044