ABSTRACT This paper presents a comparative study of centralised and decentralised architectures for managing urban road network efficiency with consideration of users’ responses and uncertainties with respect to prevailing traffic conditions. The control systems are applied to different network topologies with different levels and spatial distributions of traffic demand. The study reveals that the computationally effective decentralised systems could perform almost as well as the conventional centralised one when users’ responses are taken into account with provision of real-time traffic information. This generates new insight on cooperative transport management with applications of information and communication technology.

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用于网络流量控制的集中式和分散式架构的比较研究

摘要本文介绍了集中式和分散式架构的比较研究，用于管理城市道路网络效率，同时考虑了用户对当前交通状况的反应和不确定性。控制系统适用于具有不同级别和空间分布的流量需求的不同网络拓扑结构。该研究表明，当考虑到用户的响应并提供实时交通信息时，计算有效的分散式系统的性能几乎可以与传统的集中式系统一样好。这产生了对信息和通信技术应用的合作运输管理的新见解。