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Optimization Of Traffic Lights At Crossroads

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  • DING-WEI HUANG

    (Department of Physics, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-li, Taiwan, R.O.C.)

  • WEI-NENG HUANG

    (Department of Physics, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-li, Taiwan, R.O.C.)

Abstract

We study the influence of traffic lights on the traffic flow in cities. The urban traffic is simulated in the cellular automata framework. Both the deterministic and probabilistic models are discussed. The effects of speed limit and stochastic noise are analyzed. The operation of a traffic light is characterized by two parameters: signal period and phase allocation. With two traffic lights on road, one more parameter is prescribed: synchronization shift. The results of tuning these parameters are presented in the fundamental diagram. We examine the traffic flow and discuss the choice of optimized setting in different density regions.

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  • Ding-Wei Huang & Wei-Neng Huang, 2003. "Optimization Of Traffic Lights At Crossroads," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 14(05), pages 539-548.
  • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:14:y:2003:i:05:n:s0129183103004784
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183103004784
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