Use of detector data for traffic control strategies

The paper begins by describing the role traffic detection systems play in enabling an expert system to define remedial control strategies for congestion management. It highlights the need for algorithms to infer the traffic conditions and route patterns in a city network and justifies the need to study the origin and destinations of all vehicles entering, leaving and travelling within subarea of a SCOOT system, whilst simultaneously monitoring traffic with SCOOT detectors. Finally, the design and results of a number plate survey is described