ep36 - Markos Papageorgiou: Traffic Control — Theory and Practice

About this episode

Markos Papageorgiou discusses the theory and practice of traffic control, covering historical perspectives, simulations, and the impact of automation.

Outline 00:00 – Intro 00:51 – Early steps in research 09:55 – Historical overview of traffic control 25:20 – What is traffic? 34:06 – Road traffic control 45:37 – PI control of road junctions 58:19 – From macroscopic to microscopic simulations and back 1:10:08 – Dynamic traffic assignment 1:21:28 – Return to Greece 1:28:33 – The optimal control problem 1:41:48 – Traffic estimation 1:47:34 – The impact of automation and connectivity 1:59:20 – Traffic as an artificial fluid 2:07:51 – The future...

People in this episode

Host: Alberto Padoan

Guest: Markos Papageorgiou

Topics covered

• traffic control
• research
• automation
• dynamic traffic assignment
• optimal control

Keywords

• traffic control
• research
• dynamic traffic assignment
• optimal control problem
• automation
• traffic estimation

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