Using machine learning technologies to develop optimal traffic light control programs

Abstract

Using machine learning technologies to develop optimal traffic light control programs

Panasenko S.S., Starkov K.N., Skorobogatchenko D.A.

Incoming article date: 21.04.2024

One of the key directions in the development of intelligent transport networks (ITS) is the introduction of automated traffic management systems. In the context of these systems, special attention is paid to the effective management of traffic lights, which are an important element of automated traffic management systems. The article is devoted to the development of an automated system aimed at compiling an optimal program of traffic light signals on a certain section of the road network. The Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO) traffic modeling package was chosen as a modeling tool, BFGS (Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno) optimization algorithm was used, gradient boosting was used as a machine learning method. The results of practical research show that the developed system is able to quickly and effectively optimize the parameters of phases and duration of traffic light cycles, which significantly improves traffic management on the corresponding section of the road network.

Keywords: intelligent transport network, traffic management, machine learning, traffic jam, traffic light, phase of the traffic light cycle, traffic flow, modeling of the road network, python, simulation of urban mobility