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Comparison of Feedback Linearization and Model Predictive Techniques for Variable Speed Limit Control

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Different types of variable speed limit (VSL) controllers have been proposed to improve the traffic mobility at highway bottlenecks. However, the benefit of VSL is sometimes deteriorated by the capacity drop phenomenon introduced by the disordered lane cha ...

IEEE2018

Data driven model free adaptive iterative learning perimeter control for large-scale urban road networks

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Most perimeter control methods in literature are the model-based schemes designing the controller based on the available accurate macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) function with well known techniques of modern control methods. However, accurate modelin ...

2020

Modeling, estimation, and control in large-scale urban road networks with remaining travel distance dynamics

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel, Anastasios Kouvelas, Dimitrios Tsitsokas

City-scale control of urban road traffic poses a challenging problem. Dynamical models based on the macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) enable development of model predictive perimeter control methods for large-scale urban networks, representing an advan ...

2021

Optimization-based Control, Estimation, and Identification of Urban Road Transport Systems

Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Urbanization intensifies as a global trend, exposing transportation networks to ever increasing levels of congestion. As network usage increases with available infrastructure, building new roads is not a solution. Design of intelligent transportation syste ...

EPFL2020

Hybrid Modeling and Predictive Control of Bus Transport Systems

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Bus operations, due to their unstable nature, are inefficient when left to their own devices. Irregularities such as bus bunching lead to loss of time and decrease bus service quality. Development of bus transport system management schemes to avoid bus bun ...

2017

Economic Model Predictive Control of Large-Scale Urban Road Networks via Perimeter Control and Regional Route Guidance

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Local traffic control schemes fall short of achieving coordination with other parts of the urban road network, whereas a centralized controller based on the detailed traffic models would suffer from excessive computational burden. State estimation for deta ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2018

Dynamical Modeling and Predictive Control of Bus Transport Systems: A Hybrid Systems Approach

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Bus operations, due to their unstable nature, are inefficient when left uncontrolled with respect to retaining headways. Irregularities such as bus bunching lead to loss of time and decrease bus service quality. Development of bus transport system manageme ...

2017

Model-based Identification, Estimation, and Control for Large-scale Urban Road Networks

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Network-level road traffic control remains a challenging problem. Macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) based dynamical models of large-scale urban networks enable development of model predictive perimeter control methods, which represent an efficient cong ...

IEEE2020

Multi-Region Network Perimeter Control via Model Free Adaptive Iterative Learning Control

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Most perimeter control methods in literature are the model-based schemes. However, accurate modeling of the traffic flow system is hard and time-consuming. On the other hand, macroscopic traffic flow patterns show heavily similarity between days, and data ...

2020

Nonlinear Moving Horizon Estimation for Large-Scale Urban Road Networks

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Perimeter control schemes proposed to alleviate congestion in large-scale urban networks usually assume perfect knowledge of the accumulation state together with current and future inflow demands, requiring information about the origins and destinations (O ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2020

Hierarchical control of heterogeneous large-scale urban road networks via path assignment and regional route guidance

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel, Mehmet Yildirimoglu

High level of detail renders microscopic traffic models impractical for control purposes and local control schemes cannot coordinate actions over large scale heterogeneously congested urban networks. Developing efficient models and control methods for larg ...

2018

Integration of Perimeter Control and Route Guidance in Large-scale Urban Networks via Model Predictive Control

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Traffic congestion is a substantial problem plaguing modern society. Researchers and practitioners working on transportation systems turn to methods from automatic control to decrease congestion and improve urban mobility. Considering the sheer physical si ...

2017

Mixed logical dynamical modeling and hybrid model predictive control of public transport operations

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

2018

Combined estimation and control of large-scale urban road networks: A real-time optimization based approach

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

2017

Hybrid Model Predictive Control of Bus Transport Systems

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Schedule instability adversely affects the performance of bus transport systems. Bus bunching and similar irregularities decrease quality of bus services and increase travel times. In this regard, bus system management schemes are of high importance. Motiv ...

IEEE2018

Moving Horizon Estimation for Model Predictive Perimeter Control of Multi-region MFD Networks

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Management of road traffic in urban settings remains a challenging problem. Perimeter control schemes proposed to alleviate congestion in large-scale urban networks usually assume noise-free measurements of the traffic state, which is problematic since mea ...

2019

Moving Horizon Demand and State Estimation for Model Predictive Perimeter Control of Large-scale Urban Networks

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Perimeter control schemes proposed to alleviate congestion in large-scale urban networks usually assume perfect knowledge of the accumulation state and inflow demands, both requiring information about the origins and destinations of drivers. Such assumptio ...

IEEE2019

Stabilization of city-scale road traffic networks via macroscopic fundamental diagram-based model predictive perimeter control

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Traffic control for large-scale urban road networks remains a challenging problem. Aggregated dynamical models of city-scale traffic, based on the macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD), enable development of model-based perimeter control methods. Involving ...

2021

Model predictive perimeter control of MFD networks with guaranteed stability

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

Traffic management for large-scale urban road networks remains a challenging problem. Aggregated dynamical models of city-scale traffic, based on the macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD), enable development of model-based control schemes for use with the ...

2020

Prediction Error–Based Parameter Estimation for Multi-Region MFD Networks

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Isik Ilber Sirmatel

City-level traffic management remains a challenging problem. Model predictive perimeter control approaches employing macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) based models of large-scale urban road traffic represent a high-performance solution with substantial ...

2020