A multiscale model for traffic regulation via autonomous vehicles

TL;DR

This paper introduces a multiscale traffic regulation model incorporating autonomous vehicles, extending microscopic approaches with models for moving bottlenecks, and proves the existence of solutions for certain control strategies.

Contribution

It presents a novel multiscale framework for traffic regulation that integrates moving bottleneck models and establishes solution existence for open-loop controls.

Findings

Proof of existence of solutions for bounded variation controls

Extension of microscopic models to multiscale approaches

Framework applicable to traffic regulation with AVs

Abstract

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) allow new ways of regulating the traffic flow on road networks. Most of available results in this direction are based on microscopic approaches, where ODEs describe the evolution of regular cars and AVs. In this paper, we propose a multiscale approach, based on recently developed models for moving bottlenecks. Our main result is the proof of existence of solutions for open-loop controls with bounded variation.