Learning-Based Tracking Perimeter Control for Two-region Macroscopic Traffic Dynamics

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Auteurs principaux: Chen, Can, Huang, Yunping, Zhang, Hongwei, Wang, Shimin, Guay, Martin, Hsu, Shu-Chien, Zhong, Renxin
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author Chen, Can
Huang, Yunping
Zhang, Hongwei
Wang, Shimin
Guay, Martin
Hsu, Shu-Chien
Zhong, Renxin
author_facet Chen, Can
Huang, Yunping
Zhang, Hongwei
Wang, Shimin
Guay, Martin
Hsu, Shu-Chien
Zhong, Renxin
contents Leveraging the concept of the macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD), perimeter control can alleviate network-level congestion by identifying critical intersections and regulating them effectively. Considering the time-varying nature of travel demand and the equilibrium of accumulation state, we extend the conventional set-point perimeter control (SPC) problem for the two-region MFD system as an optimal tracking perimeter control problem (OTPCP). Unlike the SPC schemes that stabilize the traffic dynamics to the desired equilibrium point, the proposed tracking perimeter control (TPC) scheme regulates the traffic dynamics to a desired trajectory in a differential framework. Due to the inherent network uncertainties, such as heterogeneity of traffic dynamics and demand disturbance, the system dynamics could be uncertain or even unknown. To address these issues, we propose an adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) approach to solving the OTPCP without utilizing the well-calibrated system dynamics. Numerical experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed ADP-based TPC. Compared with the SPC scheme, the proposed TPC scheme achieves a 20.01% reduction in total travel time and a 3.15% improvement in cumulative trip completion. Moreover, the proposed adaptive TPC approach can regulate the accumulation state under network uncertainties and demand disturbances to the desired time-varying equilibrium trajectory that aims to maximize the trip completion under a nominal demand pattern. These results validate the robustness of the adaptive TPC approach.
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spellingShingle Learning-Based Tracking Perimeter Control for Two-region Macroscopic Traffic Dynamics
Chen, Can
Huang, Yunping
Zhang, Hongwei
Wang, Shimin
Guay, Martin
Hsu, Shu-Chien
Zhong, Renxin
Systems and Control
Leveraging the concept of the macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD), perimeter control can alleviate network-level congestion by identifying critical intersections and regulating them effectively. Considering the time-varying nature of travel demand and the equilibrium of accumulation state, we extend the conventional set-point perimeter control (SPC) problem for the two-region MFD system as an optimal tracking perimeter control problem (OTPCP). Unlike the SPC schemes that stabilize the traffic dynamics to the desired equilibrium point, the proposed tracking perimeter control (TPC) scheme regulates the traffic dynamics to a desired trajectory in a differential framework. Due to the inherent network uncertainties, such as heterogeneity of traffic dynamics and demand disturbance, the system dynamics could be uncertain or even unknown. To address these issues, we propose an adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) approach to solving the OTPCP without utilizing the well-calibrated system dynamics. Numerical experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed ADP-based TPC. Compared with the SPC scheme, the proposed TPC scheme achieves a 20.01% reduction in total travel time and a 3.15% improvement in cumulative trip completion. Moreover, the proposed adaptive TPC approach can regulate the accumulation state under network uncertainties and demand disturbances to the desired time-varying equilibrium trajectory that aims to maximize the trip completion under a nominal demand pattern. These results validate the robustness of the adaptive TPC approach.
title Learning-Based Tracking Perimeter Control for Two-region Macroscopic Traffic Dynamics
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21818