DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND SIMULATION
LABORATORY

Department of Production Engineering & Management

Technical University of Crete


AUTOMATIC CONTROL METHODS IN TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION

by

MARKOS PAPAGEORGIOU

INTERNAL REPORT No: 1997-10

Chania, Greece
April 1997

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I: OVERVIEW OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL METHODS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE REGULATION PROBLEM

3. OPTIMAL CONTROL STRATEGIES

4. OPTIMISATION THEORY

5. HEURISTICS

6. AUTOMATIC CONTROL APPLICATION PROCEDURES

7. EVOLUTION OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL

PART II: TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS

8. OVERVIEW OF COMPARABLE DOMAINS

9. CONTROL APPLICATIONS IN MOTORWAY TRAFFIC

9.1 Modelling, Simulation, Prediction
9.2 Ramp Metering
9.3 Route Recommendation via VMS
9.4 Driver Information via VMS
9.5 Variable Speed Limitation
9.6 Surveillance, Estimation, Detection

10. CONTROL APPLICATIONS IN URBAN ROAD TRAFFIC

10.1 Modelling and Simulation
10.2 Signal Control
10.3 Individual Route Guidance
10.4 Estimation Problems
10.5 Parking Control

11. OTHER APPLICATIONS IN TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION

11.1 Integrated Control
11.2 Automated Highway
11.3 Rail Traffic Control
11.4 Air Traffic Control
11.5 Maritime Traffic

12. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE CONTROL NEEDS

12.1 General Needs
12.2 Motorway Traffic Control
12.3 Urban Traffic Control
12.4 Automated Highway
12.5 Integration
12.6 Rail, Air, and Maritime Traffic

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