The application of intelligent agents in dynamic traffic management
conference paper
Increasingly traffic management measures exhibit dynamic features, taking into account
dynamics in the traffic demand pattern or transport system supply pattern. Some examples are
demand actuated traffic signal settings or variable message signs.
In most cases these measures function as stand alone systems. This means that there is no or
hardly any co-ordination between the various measures. This lack of co-ordination could make
the application of dynamic traffic management measures less effective: e.g. the measures
could serve opposite objectives or even generate a negative impact on traffic flows that are not
in any way related to the problem. Consequently the uncoordinated application of dynamic
traffic management measures can be very counter-productive. To avoid these setbacks it will
be necessary to be able to control the traffic in two ways: in a detailed way by focusing on the
problem(s) that need(s) to be solved (distributed control), and in a more generic way by
controlling the overall traffic performance in the network (generic control).
dynamics in the traffic demand pattern or transport system supply pattern. Some examples are
demand actuated traffic signal settings or variable message signs.
In most cases these measures function as stand alone systems. This means that there is no or
hardly any co-ordination between the various measures. This lack of co-ordination could make
the application of dynamic traffic management measures less effective: e.g. the measures
could serve opposite objectives or even generate a negative impact on traffic flows that are not
in any way related to the problem. Consequently the uncoordinated application of dynamic
traffic management measures can be very counter-productive. To avoid these setbacks it will
be necessary to be able to control the traffic in two ways: in a detailed way by focusing on the
problem(s) that need(s) to be solved (distributed control), and in a more generic way by
controlling the overall traffic performance in the network (generic control).
TNO Identifier
331537
Source title
NECTAR Conference location:Porto, Portugal date:May 2007
Pages
19
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