@article{ref1,
title="Adaptive traffic signal control: game-theoretic decentralized vs. centralized perimeter control",
journal="Sensors (Basel)",
year="2021",
author="Rakha, Hesham A. and Abdelghaffar, Hossam M. and Elouni, Maha",
volume="21",
number="1",
pages="e274-e274",
abstract="This paper compares the operation of a decentralized Nash bargaining traffic signal controller (DNB) to the operation of state-of-the-art adaptive and gating traffic  signal control. Perimeter control (gating), based on the network fundamental diagram  (NFD), was applied on the borders of a protected urban network (PN) to prevent  and/or disperse traffic congestion. The operation of gating control and local  adaptive controllers was compared to the operation of the developed DNB traffic  signal controller. The controllers were implemented and their performance assessed  on a grid network in the INTEGRATION microscopic simulation software. The results  show that the DNB controller, although not designed to solve perimeter control  problems, successfully prevents congestion from building inside the PN and improves  the performance of the entire network. Specifically, the DNB controller outperforms  both gating and non-gating controllers, with reductions in the average travel time  ranging between 21% and 41%, total delay ranging between 40% and 55%, and emission  levels/fuel consumption ranging between 12% and 20%. The results demonstrate  statistically significant benefits of using the developed DNB controller over other  state-of-the-art centralized and decentralized gating/adaptive traffic signal  controllers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1424-8220",
doi="10.3390/s21010274",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21010274"
}