Research Article

A Dynamic Control Method for Signalized Intersections Using the Flow Fluctuation Amplitude

Table 1

Parameter descriptions.

Time,

Cycle length,
Green time of approach road,
The minimum green time of approach road,
Red time of approach road,
Traffic flow of approach road, pcu/h, pcu  passenger car unit
Saturation flow, pcu/h
Every analysis period of signal optimization,
Expected queue length of approach road,
Actual queue length of approach road,
The maximum queue length of approach road,
Deviation matrix of actual queue length and expected queue length
Standard deviation of traffic flow during 5 cycles
The maximum standard deviation of traffic flow
The weight given to optimization objective,
The expectation value of delay,
Standard deviation of delay during 5 cycles
Objective function