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Traffic signal control for a multi-forked road

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Traffic jams have become very serious at multiforked road intersections, and conventional pre-timed controls are less effective in such situations. In this article, a new traffic signal control system for multi-forked roads is proposed. First, the cellular automaton (CA) model is used to develop a traffic simulator for multi-forked roads. Next, a stochastic model of a traffic jam is built up. In addition, a new traffic signal control algorithm is designed using the optimization technique and a genetic algorithm (GA). Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is shown using actual traffic data with a traffic simulator.

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  1. Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University, Kitakyusyu, 808-0135, Japan

    Chengyou Cui, Mizuki Takamura & Heehyol Lee

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  1. Chengyou Cui
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  2. Mizuki Takamura
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Correspondence to Chengyou Cui.

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This work was presented in part at the 16th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, January 27–29, 2011

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Cui, C., Takamura, M. & Lee, H. Traffic signal control for a multi-forked road. Artif Life Robotics 16, 253–257 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-011-0929-5

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