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A dynamic signal coordination control method for urban arterial roads and its application

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We propose a novel dynamic traffic signal coordination method that takes account of the special traffic flow characteristics of urban arterial roads. The core of this method includes a control area division module and a signal coordination control module. Firstly, we analyze and model the influences of segment distance, traffic flow density, and signal cycle time on the correlation degree between two neighboring intersections. Then, we propose a fuzzy computing method to estimate the correlation degree based on a hierarchical structure and a method to divide the control area of urban arterial roads into subareas based on correlation degrees. Subarea coordination control arithmetic is used to calculate the public cycle time of the control subarea, up-run offset and down-run offset of the section, and the split of each intersection. An application of the method in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China shows that the method can reduce the average travel time and the average stop rate effectively.

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  1. College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China

    Guo-jiang Shen

  2. Zhejiang Zheda Supcon Information Technique Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 310053, China

    Yong-yao Yang

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61174174), the Science and Technique Program of Zhejiang Province, China (No. 2015C31059), and the Science and Technique Program of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Transportation, China (No. 2014T08)

ORCID: Guo-jiang SHEN, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1064-1250

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Shen, Gj., Yang, Yy. A dynamic signal coordination control method for urban arterial roads and its application. Frontiers Inf Technol Electronic Eng 17, 907–918 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.1500227

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