Journal of South China University of Technology(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2017, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (11): 1-9.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-565X.2017.11.001

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Estimation of Intersection Queue Length and Signal Adaptive Control in Partial Network Environment

LIN Pei-qun1 LEI Yong-wei1 YAO Kai-bin1 GU Yu-mu2   

  1. 1.School of Civil Engineering and Transportation,South China University of Technology,Guangzhou 510640,Guangdong,China; 2.Suzhou Institute of Architectural Design Co.,Ltd.,Suzhou 53076,Jiangsu,China
  • Received:2017-02-20 Online:2017-11-25 Published:2017-10-01
  • Contact: 林培群(1980-),男,博士,教授,主要从事车联网、智能交通研究 E-mail:pqlin@scut.edu.cn
  • About author:林培群(1980-),男,博士,教授,主要从事车联网、智能交通研究
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61572233) and the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province(2016A050502006,2016A030313786)

Abstract: In order to ease the congestion problem in urban intersections and overcome the drawbacks of the tradi- tional traffic-responsive strategy,a real-time vehicle queue length estimation algorithm for the intersections in the environment of partial internet-of-vehicles is proposed,and a traffic flow priority calculation model is constructed to minimize delay time.On this basis,by comprehensively considering such factors as the traffic safety at intersec- tions,an adaptive intersection control method with dynamic traffic flow arrangement is designed.In order to verify the accuracy and feasibility of the proposed model and method,the above-mentioned control logic is implemented by the VISSIM-COM programming,and a typical intersection is selected to conduct a simulation.The result shows that (1) the proposed queue length estimation algorithm is of a higher accuracy; (2) as compared with the tradi- tional traffic-responsive strategy and the fixed-time strategy,the proposed control model achieves an 70% increase in average queue length,with an average delay decrease of about 65% and 55% respectively; and (3) the pro- posed model makes up for the deficiency of the traditional traffic-responsive strategy in easing the traffic near or over the saturation point,and effectively improves the operating efficiency at intersections.

Key words: urban traffic, connected vehicle network, intersection, queue length estimation, adaptive control