Highlights Traffic signal optimization with emission considerations is formulated as a math program. The LWR model is employed to describe traffic and capture queue spillback. A macroscopic relationship between emission rate and link occupancy is uncovered. We use robust optimization to explicitly reformulate emission constraints into linear forms. The resulting mixed integer linear program can be efficiently solved.

    Abstract We consider an analytical signal control problem on a signalized network whose traffic flow dynamic is described by the Lighthill–Whitham–Richards (LWR) model (Lighthill and Whitham, 1955; Richards, 1956). This problem explicitly addresses traffic-derived emissions as constraints or objectives. We seek to tackle this problem using a mixed integer mathematical programming approach. Such class of problems, which we call LWR-Emission (LWR-E), has been analyzed before to certain extent. Since mixed integer programs are practically efficient to solve in many cases (Bertsimas et al., 2011b), the mere fact of having integer variables is not the most significant challenge to solving LWR-E problems; rather, it is the presence of the potentially nonlinear and nonconvex emission-related constraints/objectives that render the program computationally expensive. To address this computational challenge, we proposed a novel reformulation of the LWR-E problem as a mixed integer linear program (MILP). This approach relies on the existence of a statistically valid macroscopic relationship between the aggregate emission rate and the vehicle occupancy on the same link. This relationship is approximated with certain functional forms and the associated uncertainties are handled explicitly using robust optimization (RO) techniques. The RO allows emissions-related constraints and/or objectives to be reformulated as linear forms under mild conditions. To further reduce the computational cost, we employ a link-based LWR model to describe traffic dynamics with the benefit of fewer (integer) variables and less potential traffic holding. The proposed MILP explicitly captures vehicle spillback, avoids traffic holding, and simultaneously minimizes travel delay and addresses emission-related concerns.


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    Titel :

    A robust optimization approach for dynamic traffic signal control with emission considerations


    Beteiligte:
    Han, Ke (Autor:in) / Liu, Hongcheng (Autor:in) / Gayah, Vikash V. (Autor:in) / Friesz, Terry L. (Autor:in) / Yao, Tao (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2015-04-01


    Format / Umfang :

    24 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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