Expressive Real-Time Intersection Scheduling

Authors

  • Rick Goldstein Carnegie Mellon University
  • Stephen Smith Carnegie Mellon University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v32i1.12073

Keywords:

A* Search, Heuristic Search, Traffic Scheduling

Abstract

We present Expressive Real-time Intersection Scheduling (ERIS), a schedule-driven control strategy for adaptive intersection control to reduce traffic congestion. ERIS maintains separate estimates for each lane approaching a traffic intersection allowing it to more accurately estimate the effects of scheduling decisions than previous schedule-driven approaches. We present a detailed description of the search space and A* search heuristic employed by ERIS to make scheduling decisions in real-time (every second). As a result of its increased expressiveness, ERIS outperforms a less expressive schedule-driven approach and a fully-actuated control method in a variety of simulated traffic environments.

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Published

2018-04-26

How to Cite

Goldstein, R., & Smith, S. (2018). Expressive Real-Time Intersection Scheduling. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 32(1). https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v32i1.12073