Game theoretic approach on Real‐time decision making for IoT‐based traffic light control

• Published in: Concurrency and computation Vol. 29; no. 11
• Main Authors: Bui, Khac‐Hoai Nam, Jung, Jai E., Camacho, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 10.06.2017
• Subjects: Computer simulation; Decision making; Decision theory; Economic models; Environment models; Game theory; Internet of Things; Object recognition; Real time; Real‐Time decision making; Sensors; Traffic control; Traffic engineering; Traffic flow; Traffic information; Traffic intersection; Traffic intersections; Traffic light control; Traffic models; Traffic signals; Transportation systems
• ISSN: 1532-0626; 1532-0634
• DOI: 10.1002/cpe.4077

Summary Smart traffic light control at intersections is 1 of the major issues in Intelligent Transportation System. In this paper, on the basis of the new emerging technologies of Internet of Things, we introduce a new approach for smart traffic light control at intersection. In particular, we firstly propose a connected intersection system where every objects such as vehicles, sensors, and traffic lights will be connected and sharing information to one another. By this way, the controller is able to collect effectively and mobility traffic flow at intersection in real‐time. Secondly, we propose the optimization algorithms for traffic lights by applying algorithmic game theory. Specially, 2 game models (which are Cournot Model and Stackelberg Model) are proposed to deal with difference scenarios of traffic flow. In this regard, based on the density of vehicles, controller will make real‐time decisions for the time durations of traffic lights to optimize traffic flow. To evaluate our approach, we have used Netlogo simulator, an agent‐based modeling environment for designing and implementing a simple working traffic. The simulation results shows that our approach achieves potential performance with various situations of traffic flow.