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A Division-of-Labour Approach to Traffic Light Scheduling

Published:2024-09-07 Issue:17 Volume:14 Page:8022
ISSN:2076-3417
Container-title:Applied Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:Applied Sciences

Author:

Raubenheimer Hendrik¹,Engelbrecht Andries¹²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Computer Science Division, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa

2. Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa

3. Center for Applied Mathematics and Bioinformatics, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Mubarak Al-Abdullah 32093, Kuwait

Abstract

Traffic light scheduling is a critical aspect of traffic management with many recently developed solutions that incorporate computational intelligence approaches. This paper presents a traffic light scheduling algorithm based on a task allocation model that simulates the division of labour among insects in a colony, specifically ant colonies. The developed algorithm switches the green light based on a probability calculated every second from the traffic volume around the traffic light. The application of this algorithm to several benchmark simulated traffic scenarios shows optimal performance compared to five other traffic scheduling algorithms.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/17/8022/pdf

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