Methods and systems for controlling traffic flow
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1. A computer-implemented method of controlling vehicular traffic flow in a transport system, said method comprising:
- defining a plurality of queues through the transport system such that a queue is defined for each possible track of travel through the transport system, wherein the transport system includes at least one intersection of a plurality of roads, and wherein each queue is defined by an origin point at an entrance to the intersection and a destination point at an exit for the intersection;
assigning each of a plurality of vehicles into one of the plurality of queues;
determining congestion in each queue; and
permitting traffic flow in at least one queue that facilitates reducing the congestion in at least one queue.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for controlling vehicular traffic flow in a transport system are provided. The method includes defining a plurality of queues through the transport system, assigning each of a plurality of vehicles into one of the plurality of queues, determining a number of vehicles in each queue and a period of time each vehicle remains in the queue, and permitting traffic flow in at least one queue that facilitates reducing the congestion of the plurality of queues.
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1. A computer-implemented method of controlling vehicular traffic flow in a transport system, said method comprising:
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defining a plurality of queues through the transport system such that a queue is defined for each possible track of travel through the transport system, wherein the transport system includes at least one intersection of a plurality of roads, and wherein each queue is defined by an origin point at an entrance to the intersection and a destination point at an exit for the intersection; assigning each of a plurality of vehicles into one of the plurality of queues; determining congestion in each queue; and permitting traffic flow in at least one queue that facilitates reducing the congestion in at least one queue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of controlling vehicular traffic flow through at least one intersection of roads, said method comprising:
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determining a queue for each possible track of travel through the intersection, wherein each queue is defined by an origin point at an entrance to the intersection and a destination point at an exit of the intersection; determining congestion in each queue; and permitting flow in one or more queues to facilitate minimizing congestion. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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