Browsing by Author "Guzman, Jose A."

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    A Cyberphysical System for Data-Driven Real-Time Traffic Prediction on the Las Vegas I-15 Freeway
    (2023) Guzman, Jose A.; Morris, Brendan T.; Nunez, Felipe
    Mobility and transportation services in modern large-scale cities face traffic congestion as one of the main sources of discomfort and economic losses. In this context, taking preventive measures based on traffic predictions looks like an appealing alternative to mitigate congestion. The increasing availability of detectors in the transportation infrastructure has allowed tackling the traffic prediction problem by using a purely data-driven approach, where deep learning models have excelled. Unfortunately, the implementation of these techniques in real time is still under development. This work presents the implementation of a real-time traffic prediction application in the Las Vegas, NV, USA, urban area, built as a cyberphysical system with real-time data streaming from field sensors to a cloud-like environment where deep learning-based traffic predictors are hosted. Implementation results show the feasibility of doing traffic prediction in real time with the current technology and the usefulness of periodic retraining to maintain prediction accuracy.
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    A Reinforcement Learning-Based Distributed Control Scheme for Cooperative Intersection Traffic Control
    (2023) Guzman, Jose A.; Pizarro, German; Nunez, Felipe
    Traffic congestion is a major source of discomfort and economic losses in urban environments. Recently, the proliferation of traffic detectors and the advances in algorithms to efficiently process data have enabled taking a data-driven approach to mitigate congestion. In this context, this work proposes a reinforcement learning (RL) based distributed control scheme that exploits cooperation among intersections. Specifically, a RL controller is synthesized, which manipulates traffic signals using information from neighboring intersections in the form of an embedding obtained from a traffic prediction application. Simulation results using SUMO show that the proposed scheme outperforms classical techniques in terms of waiting time and other key performance indices.