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A perimeter control-route guidance framework of urban networks with priorities

Published in The 26th International Symposium on Transportation & Traffic Theory (ISTTT26), Munich, Germany, 2025

This paper develops a novel perimeter control-regional toll (PCRT) framework to minimize passenger total travel time spent (PTTS) within urban networks while strategically prioritizing efficient transport modes.

Recommended citation: Can Chen, Nikolas Geroliminis (2026). "A perimeter control-route guidance framework of urban networks with priorities." The 26th International Symposium on Transportation & Traffic Theory (ISTTT26). Accepted.

Real-time Traffic Simulation and Management for Large-scale Urban Air Mobility: Integrating Route Guidance and Collision Avoidance

Published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2025

This paper proposed a bilevel framework that integrates microscopic collision avoidance and macroscopic route guidance in large-scale urban air mobility traffic simulation and management.

Recommended citation: Canqiang Weng, Can Chen, Jingjun Tan, Tianlu Pan, Renxin Zhong (2026). "Real-time Traffic Simulation and Management for Large-scale Urban Air Mobility: Integrating Route Guidance and Collision Avoidance." Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 183: 105477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2025.105477

Integrated Take-off Management and Trajectory Optimization for Merging Control in Urban Air Mobility Corridors

Published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2025

This paper proposed an Integrated Strategy for Take-off Management and Trajectory Control in Urban Air Mobility Corridors Merging Sections.

Recommended citation: Yingqi Liu, Tianlu Pan, Jingjun Tan, Renxin Zhong, Can Chen (2026). "Integrated Take-off Management and Trajectory Optimization for Merging Control in Urban Air Mobility Corridors." Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 182: 105370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2025.105370

Urban Low-altitude Air Transport Management: Bridging Dynamic Traffic Control and Static Network Equilibrium

Published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2025

This paper is about planning-control of urban LAAT systems. An MFD-based approach is proposed.

Recommended citation: Canqiang Weng, Tianlu Pan, Can Chen, Renxin Zhong (2025). "Urban Low-altitude Air Transport Management: Bridging Dynamic Traffic Control and Static Network Equilibrium." Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 178: 105237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2025.105237

Tracking perimeter control for two-region macroscopic traffic dynamics: An adaptive dynamic programming approach

Published in 27th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE ITSC 2024), Edmonton, Canada, 2024

This paper is about tracking perimeter control of a two-region MFD-based urban traffic dynamics.

Recommended citation: Can Chen, Yunping Huang, Hongwei Zhang, Shu-Chien Hsu, Renxin Zhong (2024). "Tracking perimeter control for two-region macroscopic traffic dynamics: An adaptive dynamic programming approach." 27th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE ITSC 2024), Edmonton, Canada. pp. 1342-1347. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC58415.2024.10919616

An Iterative Adaptive Dynamic Programming Approach for Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram-Based Perimeter Control and Route Guidance

Published in Transportation Science, 2024

This paper is about iterative adaptive perimeter control integrated with regional route guidance.

Recommended citation: Can Chen, Nikolas Geroliminis, Renxin Zhong (2024). "An Iterative Adaptive Dynamic Programming Approach for Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram-Based Perimeter Control and Route Guidance." Transportation Science. 58(4):896-918. https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2023.0091

Coordination of Mixed Platoons and Eco-Driving Strategy for a Signal-Free Intersection

Published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2022

This paper is about coordination of mixed platoons for a signal-free intersection.

Recommended citation: Simin Jiang, Tianlu Pan, Renxin Zhong, Can Chen, Xin’an Li, Shimin Wang (2022). "Coordination of Mixed Platoons and Eco-Driving Strategy for a Signal-Free Intersection." IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 24(6): 6597-6613. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2022.3211934

Data efficient reinforcement learning and adaptive optimal perimeter control of network traffic dynamics

Published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2022

This paper is to devise a data-efficient adaptive perimeter controller for the MFD framework without relying on any knowledge on the traffic dynamics, i.e., "model-free".

Recommended citation: Chen, C., Huang, Y. P., Lam, W. H., Pan, T. L., Hsu, S. C., Sumalee, A., Zhong, R. X. (2022). "Data efficient reinforcement learning and adaptive optimal perimeter control of network traffic dynamics." Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 142, 103759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2022.103759

Bus arrival time prediction and reliability analysis: An experimental comparison of functional data analysis and Bayesian support vector regression

Published in Applied Soft Computing, 2021

This paper is about bus arrival time prediction and reliability analysis.

Recommended citation: Huang, Y. P., Chen, C., Su, Z. C., Chen, T. S., Sumalee, A., Pan, T. L., Zhong, R. X. (2021). "Bus arrival time prediction and reliability analysis: An experimental comparison of functional data analysis and Bayesian support vector regression." Applied Soft Computing. 111, 107663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2021.107663

Learning the macroscopic traffic dynamics for adaptive optimal perimeter control with integral reinforcement learning

Published in The 24th International Symposium on Transportation & Traffic Theory (ISTTT24), Beijing, China, 2021

This paper is about integral reinforcement learning for MFD-based adaptive optimal perimeter control.

Recommended citation: Can Chen, Yunping Huang, William H.K. Lam, Tianlu Pan, Shu-Chien Hsu, Agachai Sumalee, Renxin Zhong (2021). "Learning the macroscopic traffic dynamics for adaptive optimal perimeter control with integral reinforcement learning." The 24th International Symposium on Transportation & Traffic Theory (ISTTT24). https://isttt24.buaa.edu.cn/pdf/Learning_the_macroscopic_traffic_dynamics_for_adaptive_optimal_perimeter_control_with_integral_reinforcement_learning.pdf

Dynamic feedback control of day-to-day traffic disequilibrium process

Published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2020

This paper is about dynamic feedback control of day-to-day traffic dynamics.

Recommended citation: Renxin Zhong, Hengxing Cai, Dabo Xu, Can Chen, Agachai Sumalee, Tianlu Pan (2020). "Dynamic feedback control of day-to-day traffic disequilibrium process." Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 114, 297-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2020.02.005

Boundary conditions and behavior of the macroscopic fundamental diagram based network traffic dynamics: A control systems perspective

Published in Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2018

This paper is about boundary conditions and behavior of the macroscopic fundamental diagram based network traffic dynamics.

Recommended citation: Zhong, R. X., Huang, Y. P., Chen, C., Lam, W. H. K., Xu, D. B., Sumalee, A. (2018). "Dynamic feedback control of day-to-day traffic disequilibrium process." Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. 111, 327-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2018.02.016

Robust perimeter control for two urban regions with macroscopic fundamental diagrams: A control-Lyapunov function approach

Published in Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2017

This paper is to propose a control-Lyapunov function based approach to robust perimeter control for two-region MFD systems. This paper was presented at the 22nd International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT).

Recommended citation: Zhong, R. X., Chen, C., Huang, Y. P., Sumalee, A., Lam, W. H. K., & Xu, D. B. (2018). "Robust perimeter control for two urban regions with macroscopic fundamental diagrams: A control-Lyapunov function approach." Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. 117, 687-707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2017.09.008