In this paper, a decentralized traffic signal control strategy named max pressure control is reviewed and examined. This control strategy aims at optimizing overall network throughputs, but applies a distributed approach that only requires local information to generate timing plans for each intersection. A Vissim simulation study is conducted to compare existing max pressure schemes. The results show that a recently proposed cyclic-based approach performs more poorly than the original non-cyclic approach. Further, to address two issues that hinder existing schemes: frequent changes of phase and queue spillover/blockage, two modifications are suggested. The simulation reveals that network performance can be improved after modifications.


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    Title :

    A Simulation Study on Max Pressure Control of Signalized Intersections


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Contributors:
    Sun, Xiaotong (author) / Yin, Yafeng (author)


    Publication date :

    2018-07-07




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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