Integrated fuzzy signal and ramp‐metering at a diamond interchange |
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| Authors: | VC Pham F Alam J Potgieter FC Fang WL Xu |
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| Institution: | 1. Massey University, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Gate 4, Building 106 Albany Highway Albany, Auckland, New Zealand;2. Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, Connecticut 06117, U.S.A;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, Private bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | We propose a fuzzy logic control for the integrated signal operation of a diamond interchange and its ramp meter, to improve traffic flows on surface streets and motorway. This fuzzy logic diamond interchange (FLDI) comprises of three modules: fuzzy phase timing (FPT) module that controls the green time extension of the current phase, phase logic selection (PLS) module that decides the next phase based on the pre‐defined phase sequence or phase logic and, fuzzy ramp‐metering (FRM) module that determines the cycle time of the ramp meter based on current traffic volumes and conditions of the surface streets and the motorways. The FLDI is implemented in Advanced Interactive Microscopic Simulator for Urban and Non‐Urban Network Version 6 (AIMSUN 6), and compared with the traffic actuated signal control. Simulation results show that the FLDI outperforms the traffic‐actuated models with lower system total travel time, average delay, and improvements in downstream average speed and average delay. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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