Optimal coupled and decoupled perimeter control in one-region cities

J Haddad - Control Engineering Practice, 2017 - Elsevier
Perimeter controllers, located at a regional border, can manipulate the transfer flows across
the border to optimize the regional operational performance. The macroscopic fundamental …

Dynamics of urban network traffic flow during a large-scale evacuation

A Zockaie, HS Mahmassani… - Transportation …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper explores some of the dynamics of urban network traffic flow during a large-scale
evacuation in the context of the network fundamental diagram (NFD). The structure of the …

Macroscopic fundamental diagram for Brisbane, Australia: empirical findings on network partitioning and incident detection

T Tsubota, A Bhaskar, E Chung - Transportation Research …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) relates space mean density and flow. The
existence with dynamic features was confirmed in a congested urban network in downtown …

Surrogate‐based toll optimization in a large‐scale heterogeneously congested network

Z Gu, ST Waller, M Saberi - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Toll optimization in a large‐scale dynamic traffic network is typically characterized by an
expensive‐to‐evaluate objective function. In this paper, we propose two toll‐level problems …

Exploratory analysis of signal coordination impacts on macroscopic fundamental diagram

JT Girault, VV Gayah, I Guler… - Transportation …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) of urban traffic is a recently developed tool to
describe traffic on large-scale urban networks. A network's MFD can be significantly affected …

Boundary conditions and behavior of the macroscopic fundamental diagram based network traffic dynamics: A control systems perspective

RX Zhong, YP Huang, C Chen, WHK Lam… - … Research Part B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD), establishing a mapping from the network flow
accumulation to the trip completion rate, has been widely used for aggregate modeling of …

On the use of Lagrangian observations from public transport and probe vehicles to estimate car space-mean speeds in bi-modal urban networks

I Dakic, M Menendez - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) has been recognized as a powerful
framework to develop network-wide control strategies. Recently, the concept has been …

Impacts of Automated Mobility-on-Demand on traffic dynamics, energy and emissions: A case study of Singapore

S Oh, AF Lentzakis, R Seshadri, M Ben-Akiva - … Modelling Practice and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Technological advancements have focused increasing attention on Automated Mobility-on-
Demand (AMOD) as a promising solution that may improve future urban mobility. During the …

Understanding congestion propagation by combining percolation theory with the macroscopic fundamental diagram

L Ambühl, M Menendez, MC González - Communications Physics, 2023 - nature.com
The science of cities aims to model urban phenomena as aggregate properties that are
functions of a system's variables. Following this line of research, this study seeks to combine …

Network topological effects on the macroscopic fundamental diagram

W Wong, SC Wong, HX Liu - Transportmetrica B: Transport …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Network topologies are considered to be the fundamental factors that govern the network's
macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) and performance. Despite its significance, this …