A Review on the Applications of Petri Nets in Modeling, Analysis, and Control of Urban Traffic

Urban traffic systems that possess system states that are distributed, parallel, deterministic, stochastic, discrete, and continuous are well suited for a Petri net (PN) approach. The literature survey conducted in this paper shows the vast applications of PNs in modeling and simulation, analyzing a...

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Published inIEEE transactions on intelligent transportation systems Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 858 - 870
Main Authors Kok Mun Ng, Reaz, M. B. I., Ali, M. A. M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2013
Subjects
Analytical models
Mathematical model
Microscopy
Petri net (PN)
Roads
Stochastic processes
traffic models
traffic signal optimization
urban traffic systems
Vehicles
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Summary:Urban traffic systems that possess system states that are distributed, parallel, deterministic, stochastic, discrete, and continuous are well suited for a Petri net (PN) approach. The literature survey conducted in this paper shows the vast applications of PNs in modeling and simulation, analyzing and evaluating performances, intelligent control and optimization, and congestion management in urban traffic systems. This paper outlines the related works conducted using PNs and discusses its viability, such as its contributions and limitations. Extendibility and future research potential to further the successful applications of PNs in traffic systems are discussed and proposed in this paper.
ISSN:1524-9050
1558-0016
DOI:10.1109/TITS.2013.2246153