Application of metaheuristics for signal optimisation in transportation networks: A comprehensive survey

S Jalili, S Nallaperuma, E Keedwell, A Dawn… - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2021 - Elsevier
With rapid population growth, there is an urgent need for intelligent traffic control techniques
in urban transportation networks to improve network performance. In an urban transportation …

Problem feature based meta-heuristics with Q-learning for solving urban traffic light scheduling problems

L Wang, K Gao, Z Lin, W Huang, PN Suganthan - Applied Soft Computing, 2023 - Elsevier
An urban traffic light scheduling problem (UTLSP) is studied by using problem feature based
meta-heuristics with Q-learning. The goal is to minimize the network-wise total delay time …

An optimization model and traffic light control scheme for heterogeneous traffic systems

Y Zhang, R Su - Transportation research part C: emerging technologies, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, one type of heterogeneous traffic network, which consists of signalized
intersections and non-signalized ones, is analyzed and modelled with a macroscopic model …

Optimizing urban traffic light scheduling problem using harmony search with ensemble of local search

K Gao, Y Zhang, A Sadollah, R Su - Applied Soft Computing, 2016 - Elsevier
This study addresses urban traffic light scheduling problem (UTLSP). A centralized model is
employed to describe the urban traffic light control problem in a scheduling framework. In the …

Traffic light scheduling for pedestrian-vehicle mixed-flow networks

Y Zhang, K Gao, Y Zhang, R Su - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a macroscopic model for pedestrian-vehicle mixed-flow network and a
traffic signal scheduling strategy for both pedestrians and vehicles. We first propose a novel …

Jaya, harmony search and water cycle algorithms for solving large-scale real-life urban traffic light scheduling problem

K Gao, Y Zhang, A Sadollah, A Lentzakis… - Swarm and evolutionary …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper studies a large-scale urban traffic light scheduling problem (LUTLSP). A
centralized model is developed to describe the LUTLSP, where each outgoing flow rate is …

A distributed platoon control framework for connected automated vehicles in an urban traffic network

B Wang, R Su - IEEE Transactions on Control of Network …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we consider a specific scenario, where multiple connected automated vehicles
(CAVs) entering one road link from different upstream links are required to form a platoon …

Computer vision-guided intelligent traffic signaling for isolated intersections

SK Kumaran, S Mohapatra, DP Dogra, PP Roy… - Expert Systems with …, 2019 - Elsevier
Computer vision-guided traffic management is an emerging area of research. Intelligent
traffic signal control using computer vision is a less explored area of research. In this paper …

Management of traffic congestion in adaptive traffic signals using a novel classification-based approach

A Sadollah, K Gao, Y Zhang, Y Zhang… - Engineering …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Traffic congestion is a critical problem which makes roads busy. Traffic congestion
challenges traffic flow in urban areas. A growing urban area creates complex traffic …

Improved artificial bee colony algorithm for solving urban traffic light scheduling problem

K Gao, Y Zhang, A Sadollah… - 2017 IEEE Congress on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel centralized traffic network model is proposed to describe the urban
traffic light scheduling problem (UTLSP) in a traffic network. The objective is to minimize the …