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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Arun Hampapur, Norwalk, CT (US);
Qing He, East Amherst, NY (US);
Xuan Liu, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Songhua Xing, Staten Island, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments relate to traffic control resource planning. An aspect includes receiving information about available routes in a transportation network and receiving an estimate of a traffic demand in the transportation network. Traffic control planning is performed and it may include: simulating a traffic flow based on the available routes and the traffic demand; applying a model that varies traffic control agent (TCA) placement and traffic signal settings in the transportation network to minimize a cost associated with the traffic flow, the cost including a TCA deployment cost and a traffic delay cost; and outputting a traffic control plan based on the applying, the traffic control plan including a TCA placement and traffic signal setting plan.