articleIEEE Transactions on Vehicular TechnologyJan 3, 2019GREEN OA

A Deep Reinforcement Learning Network for Traffic Light Cycle Control

XLXiaoyuan LiangXDXunsheng DuGWGuiling WangZHZhu Han

New Jersey Institute of Technology · University of Houston · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Existing inefficient traffic light cycle control causes numerous problems, such as long delay and waste of energy. To improve efficiency, taking real-time traffic information as an input and dynamically adjusting the traffic light duration accordingly is a must. Existing works either split the traffic signal into equal duration or only leverage limited traffic information. In this paper, we study how to decide the traffic signal duration based on the collected data from different sensors. We propose a deep reinforcement learning model to control the traffic light cycle. In the model, we quantify the complex traffic scenario as states by collecting traffic data and dividing the whole intersection into small…

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  • XL
    Xiaoyuan LiangCorresponding

    New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • XD
    Xunsheng Du

    University of Houston

  • GW
    Guiling Wang

    New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • ZH
    Zhu Han

    Kyung Hee University

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Keywords
  • Reinforcement learning
  • Leverage (statistics)
  • Duration (music)
  • Traffic generation model
  • Intersection (aeronautics)
  • Network traffic simulation
  • Traffic signal
  • Traffic simulation
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