CONTENTS ii
4.3.4 Traffic light with clearance time .............. 21
4.3.5 Traffic light controllers of Carlos Gershenson ....... 21
4.3.6 Marching and Optim for the Wetstraat ........... 26
4.3.7 Other traffic light controllers ................ 26
4.3.8 Automatic simulations ................... 27
4.3.9 Processing simulation data ................. 27
5 Simulation results 29
5.1 Scenario 1: 2 junctions, all directions ................ 30
5.1.1 Marching controller .................... 31
5.1.2 Optim controller ...................... 33
5.1.3 Sotl-request controller ................... 34
5.1.4 Sotl-phase controller .................... 36
5.1.5 Sotl-platoon controller ................... 38
5.1.6 Summary .......................... 40
5.2 Scenario 2: 5 junctions, all directions ................ 41
5.2.1 Marching controller .................... 42
5.2.2 Optim controller ...................... 44
5.2.3 Sotl-request controller ................... 45
5.2.4 Sotl-phase controller .................... 47
5.2.5 Sotl-platoon controller ................... 49
5.2.6 Summary .......................... 50
5.3 Scenario 3: Wetstraat ........................ 52
5.3.1 Best parameters ....................... 57
5.3.2 Optim controller ...................... 58
5.3.3 Request controller ..................... 59
5.3.4 Phase Controller ...................... 61
5.3.5 Platoon controller ...................... 61
5.3.6 Best parameters for Platoon at highest traffic density.... 63
5.3.7 Platoon as good as request ................. 65
5.3.8 Optim (green wave) versus platoon ............ 65
5.3.9 Traffic density versus θ, growing as a monotonic function? 65