Systematic Analyses of Reinforcement Learning Controllers in Signalized Urban Corridors

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Main Authors: Song, Xiaofei, Eder, Kerstin, Lawry, Jonathan, Wilson, R. Eddie
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Published: 2026
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author Song, Xiaofei
Eder, Kerstin
Lawry, Jonathan
Wilson, R. Eddie
author_facet Song, Xiaofei
Eder, Kerstin
Lawry, Jonathan
Wilson, R. Eddie
contents In this work, we extend our systematic capacity region perspective to multi-junction traffic networks, focussing on the special case of an urban corridor network. In particular, we train and evaluate centralized, fully decentralized, and parameter-sharing decentralized RL controllers, and compare their capacity regions and ATTs together with a classical baseline MaxPressure controller. Further, we show how the parametersharing controller may be generalised to be deployed on a larger network than it was originally trained on. In this setting, we show some initial findings that suggest that even though the junctions are not formally coordinated, traffic may self organise into `green waves'.
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spellingShingle Systematic Analyses of Reinforcement Learning Controllers in Signalized Urban Corridors
Song, Xiaofei
Eder, Kerstin
Lawry, Jonathan
Wilson, R. Eddie
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Multiagent Systems
Systems and Control
In this work, we extend our systematic capacity region perspective to multi-junction traffic networks, focussing on the special case of an urban corridor network. In particular, we train and evaluate centralized, fully decentralized, and parameter-sharing decentralized RL controllers, and compare their capacity regions and ATTs together with a classical baseline MaxPressure controller. Further, we show how the parametersharing controller may be generalised to be deployed on a larger network than it was originally trained on. In this setting, we show some initial findings that suggest that even though the junctions are not formally coordinated, traffic may self organise into `green waves'.
title Systematic Analyses of Reinforcement Learning Controllers in Signalized Urban Corridors
topic Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Multiagent Systems
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02025