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Congestion Control in Freeway Corridors: The IMIS System

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Flow Control of Congested Networks

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NATO ASI F,volume 38))

Abstract

This paper describes a traffic control system design for congestion control in freeway corridors. The system has a hierarchical structure. A corridor level control acts in a supervisory capacity dynamically allocating traffic among alternative corridor facilities, such as freeways, frontage roads and signalized arterials. A local level control then selects control parameters for the individual facilities based on the predicted usage at the corridor level. A user specified performance function is optimized in the process.

Extensive simulation testing was conducted to verify algorithm performance and evaluate potential system benefits. A prototype system named IMIS (Integrated Motorist Information System), which is based on this design, is now being implemented in Long Island, New York.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

    N. H. Gartner

  2. Sperry Systems Management, Great Neck, New York, USA

    R. A. Reiss

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  1. Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 33-404, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Amedeo R. Odoni

  2. Istituto di Anallisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Lucio Bianco

  3. Facoltá Science Politiche, Universitá degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Giorgio Szegö

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Gartner, N.H., Reiss, R.A. (1987). Congestion Control in Freeway Corridors: The IMIS System. In: Odoni, A.R., Bianco, L., Szegö, G. (eds) Flow Control of Congested Networks. NATO ASI Series, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86726-2_7

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