MAXBAND: A program for setting signals on arteries and triangular networks

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2016

OD-BAND is a progression optimization model that can provide dedicated progression bands for major origin–destination (O-D) flows in an arterial network. The model is an extension of the well-known MAXBAND model and is solved by advanced mathematical programming optimization software. In this paper, the original OD-BAND model is extended in a number of important ways: ( a) the mathematical formulation is generalized to model all possible O-D flows in an arterial; ( b) phase sequence optimization is included for all intersections along the arterial; and ( c) the bandwidths are weighted by the number of street segments that they traverse and their traffic volumes. It is shown that this formulation can provide suitable progression bands for all major O-D flows, including both through bands and cross bands. Simulation results demonstrated that OD-BAND compared favorably with existing arterial traffic signal coordination models MAXBAND and MULTIBAND and could be used as a valuable tool i...

Artery Research, 2014

IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2000

Transportation Research Record, 1995

Compared with conventional uniform bandwidth progressions, variable bandwidth progression schemes offer considerable advantages for arterial traffic signal control. The variable schemes have a traffic-dependent capability that the conventional schemes lack, providing additional design flexibility and superior traffic performance. A simplified and efficient method for calculating variable-bandwidth progressions given optimized uniform bandwidth progressions is presented. Little's half-integer optimization algorithm is used first for uniform bandwidth maximization, coupled with a combinatorial phase-sequence optimization procedure. The method is then extended to calculate variable-bandwidth progressions using the multiband optimization criterion. A principal feature of this method is that it can be applied to any arterial synchronization scheme after the uniform bandwidth has been maximized.

2015 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2015

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Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 2009