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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

A Dynamic Traffic Light Control Algorithm to Mitigate Traffic Congestion in Metropolitan Areas.

Bharathi Ramesh Kumar, Narayanan Kumaran, Jayavelu Udaya Prakash, Sachin Salunkhe, Raja Venkatesan, Ragavanantham Shanmugam, Emad S Abouel Nasr

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

Bharathi Ramesh KumarDepartment of Mathematics, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600062, Tamil Nadu, India.
Narayanan KumaranDepartment of Mathematics, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600062, Tamil Nadu, India.
Jayavelu Udaya PrakashDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600062, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9229-5499
Sachin SalunkheDepartment of Biosciences, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai 602105, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID 0000-0001-6542-2050
Raja VenkatesanSchool of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5547-7477
Ragavanantham ShanmugamDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV 26554, USA.
Emad S Abouel NasrDepartment of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6967-7747

Funding

King Saud University RSP2024R164
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper proposes a convolutional neural network (CNN) model of the signal distribution control algorithm (SDCA) to maximize the dynamic vehicular traffic signal flow for each junction phase. The aim of the proposed algorithm is to determine the reward value and new state. It deconstructs the routing components of the current multi-directional queuing system (MDQS) architecture to identify optimal policies for every traffic scenario. Initially, the state value is divided into a function value and a parameter value. Combining these two scenarios updates the resulting optimized state value. Ultimately, an analogous criterion is developed for the current dataset. Next, the error or loss value for the present scenario is computed. Furthermore, utilizing the Deep Q-learning methodology with a quad agent enhances previous study discoveries. The recommended method outperforms all other traditional approaches in effectively optimizing traffic signal timing.

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convolutional neural network (CNN)multi-queuing systemreal-time traffic scenariosignal distributiontraffic flow rate

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PMID38931770
PMCPMC11207593

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