• DocumentCode
    2641995
  • Title

    Analytical Modeling of Ramp Meter Systems

  • Author

    Mirchandani, Pitu ; Zou, Ning

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Syst. & Ind. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    17-20 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    432
  • Lastpage
    436
  • Abstract
    Ramp meters are used to regulate the flow of traffic entering freeways. This paper develops a queuing model to analyze a ramp meter system with pre-timed control and adaptive control. With Poisson arrivals, the steady state probabilities can be achieved analytically. These results are compared with simulation-based results and, indeed, the analytical models predict well the simulation results
  • Keywords
    adaptive control; automated highways; meters; probability; queueing theory; road traffic; Poisson arrivals; adaptive control; pretimed control; queuing model; ramp meter system; steady state probability; traffic entering freeways; traffic flow; Adaptive control; Analytical models; Control system synthesis; Industrial engineering; Predictive models; Queueing analysis; Road vehicles; Steady-state; Traffic control; Vehicle safety;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, 2006. ITSC '06. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Toronto, Ont.
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0093-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0094-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITSC.2006.1706779
  • Filename
    1706779