Multi-Lane Differential Variable Speed Limit Control via Deep Neural Networks Optimized by an Adaptive Evolutionary Strategy

J Feng, T Shi, Y Wu, X Xie, H He, H Tan - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
In advanced transportation-management systems, variable speed limits are a crucial
application. Deep reinforcement learning methods have been shown to have superior …

Differential variable speed limits control for freeway recurrent bottlenecks via deep actor-critic algorithm

Y Wu, H Tan, L Qin, B Ran - Transportation research part C: emerging …, 2020 - Elsevier
Variable speed limit (VSL) control is a flexible way to improve traffic conditions, increase
safety, and reduce emissions. There is an emerging trend of using reinforcement learning …

Differential variable speed limits control for freeway recurrent bottlenecks via deep reinforcement learning

Y Wu, H Tan, B Ran - arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.10952, 2018 - arxiv.org
Variable speed limits (VSL) control is a flexible way to improve traffic condition, increase
safety and reduce emission. There is an emerging trend of using reinforcement learning …

DVS-RG: Differential Variable Speed Limits Control using Deep Reinforcement Learning with Graph State Representation

J Yang, P Wang, F Golpayegani, S Wang - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Variable speed limit (VSL) control is an established yet challenging problem to improve
freeway traffic mobility and alleviate bottlenecks by customizing speed limits at proper …

Enhancing transferability of deep reinforcement learning-based variable speed limit control using transfer learning

Z Ke, Z Li, Z Cao, P Liu - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The study aims to evaluate the performance of the transfer learning algorithm to enhance the
transferability of a deep reinforcement learning-based variable speed limits (VSL) control …

Integrated traffic control for freeway recurrent bottleneck based on deep reinforcement learning

C Wang, Y Xu, J Zhang, B Ran - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in deep reinforcement learning have shown promising results in solving
sophisticated control problems with high dimensional states and action space. Inspired by …

Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Lane Freeways Differential Variable Speed Limit Control in Mixed Traffic Environment

L Han, L Zhang, W Guo - Transportation Research Record, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In advanced freeway traffic management systems, variable speed limit control (VSLC) is
frequently discussed as one of the control measures. However, in a mixed traffic …

Exploring the design of reward functions in deep reinforcement learning-based vehicle velocity control algorithms

Y He, Y Liu, L Yang, X Qu - Transportation Letters, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The application of deep reinforcement learning (DRL) techniques in intelligent transportation
systems garners significant attention. In this field, reward function design is a crucial factor …

Deep reinforcement learning for intelligent transportation systems: A survey

A Haydari, Y Yılmaz - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Latest technological improvements increased the quality of transportation. New data-driven
approaches bring out a new research direction for all control-based systems, eg, in …

Flexible Traffic Signal Control via Multi-objective Reinforcement Learning

T Saiki, S Arai - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep reinforcement learning has been extensively studied for traffic signal control owing to
its ability to process large amounts of information and achieving superior performance …