Improving traffic control through simulation and operations research

dc.contributor.author	Taylor, Robert John	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-15T20:07:49Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-15T20:07:49Z
dc.date.copyright	1975	en_US
dc.date.issued	1975
dc.degree.department	Department of Mathematics and Statistics
dc.degree.level	Master of Science M.Sc.	en
dc.description.abstract	There are two major problems involved in traffic control in an urban area. The first is the adjustment of the individual signals to maximize the number of vehicles passing through the intersections in a given period of time. The second problem concerns the synchronization of the. lights so that traffic can flow with minimal delay. The problems of improving traffic control are dealt with in three stages. First it is shown that with only minor assumptions being made the problem of maximizing the traffic flow through the individual intersections can be treated as a linear programming problem. In the second stage, the problem of synchronizing the signals with each other to minimize delay is examined through the use of a computer model to simulate traffic flow along a roadway between two intersections. In the final stage several methods of synchronizing the signals are evaluated. The procedures developed are applied to data for the City of Victoria.
dc.format.extent	156 pages
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1828/19876
dc.rights	Available to the World Wide Web	en_US
dc.title	Improving traffic control through simulation and operations research	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US

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