Information based traffic control strategies consistent with estimated driver behavior

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2007

Publication Title

Transportation Research Board

Abstract

This study proposes a fuzzy control based methodology to determine behavior-consistent information-based control strategies based on the controller’s estimation of driver behavior. It is the core of the broader problem where the objective is to effectively control/influence the performance of a vehicular traffic system by providing information to the drivers. The controller seeks consistency by estimating drivers’ likely reactions to the information strategies using a rule-based route choice model. Experiments are performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. The results suggest the importance of using a behavior-consistent approach to determine the information-based control strategies. That is, the effects of driver response behavior to information provision may require more meaningful strategies than those provided under the traditional dynamic traffic assignment models to have a reliable estimate/control of system performance.

Keywords

Automobile drivers — Psychology; Traffic assignment; Traffic engineering; Traffic flow

Disciplines

Civil Engineering | Environmental Sciences | Other Civil and Environmental Engineering | Transportation

Language

English

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