In this paper, we propose three control strategies, based on different levels of cooperation (centralized, decentralized and quasi-decentralized), to improve density dependent traffic performance indexes, such as fuel consumption, by acting on a small number of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) operating as moving bottlenecks on the surrounding flow. We rely on a multi-scale approach to model mixed traffic of CAVs in the bulk flow. In particular, CAVs are individually tracked and they are allowed to overtake (if on distinct lanes) or queuing (if on the same lane). Controlling CAVs desired speeds allows to act on the system to minimize the selected cost function. For the proposed control strategies, we apply both global optimization and a Model Predictive Control approach. In particular, we perform numerical tests to investigate how the CAVs number and positions impact the result, showing that few, optimally chosen vehicles are sufficient to significantly improve the selected performance indexes, even using a decentralized control policy. Simulation results support the attractive perspective of exploiting a very small number of vehicles as endogenous control actuators to regulate traffic flow on road networks, providing a flexible alternative to traditional control methods.


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    Title :

    Traffic Control via Fleets of Connected and Automated Vehicles


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    Publication date :

    2025-02-01


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    1292329 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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