计算机科学 ›› 2023, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (4): 159-171.doi: 10.11896/jsjkx.220500261

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深度强化学习驱动的智能交通信号控制策略综述

于泽1, 宁念文1,4, 郑燕柳2, 吕怡宁1, 刘富强3, 周毅1,4   

  1. 1 河南大学人工智能学院 郑州 450046
    2 湖南大学信息科学与工程学院 长沙 410006
    3 同济大学电子与信息工程学院 上海 201804
    4 河南大学深圳研究院 广东 深圳 518000
  • 收稿日期:2022-05-28 修回日期:2022-09-11 出版日期:2023-04-15 发布日期:2023-04-06
  • 通讯作者: 宁念文(nnw@henu.edu.cn)
  • 作者简介:(yuze@henu.edu.cn)
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(62176088);河南省科技攻关计划(222102210067,222102520028);深圳市中央引导地方科技发展专项(2021Szvup029)

Review of Intelligent Traffic Signal Control Strategies Driven by Deep Reinforcement Learning

YU Ze1, NING Nianwen1,4, ZHENG Yanliu2, LYU Yining1, LIU Fuqiang3, ZHOU Yi1,4   

  1. 1 School of Artificial Intelligence,Henan University,Zhengzhou 450046,China
    2 College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering,Hunan University,Changsha 410006,China
    3 College of Electronic and Information Engineering,Tongji University,Shanghai 201804,China
    4 Shenzhen Research Institute of Henan University,Shenzhen,Guangdong 518000,China
  • Received:2022-05-28 Revised:2022-09-11 Online:2023-04-15 Published:2023-04-06
  • About author:YU Ze,born in 1998,postgraduate.His main research interests include intelligent traffic and reinforcement learning.
    NING Nianwen,born in 1991,Ph.D,lecturer.His main research interests include intelligent traffic and graph neural network.
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(62176088),Key Science and Technology Program of Henan Pro-vince,China(222102210067,222102520028) and Shenzhen Special Foundation of Central Government to Guide Local Science & Technology Deve-lopment(2021Szvup029).

摘要: 随着城市人口快速增加,私家车数量呈指数级增长,使本已不堪重负的交通系统将承受更大的压力,交通拥堵问题愈加凸显。传统交通信号控制技术难以适应复杂多变的交通情况,数据驱动的方法为基于控制的系统带来了新方向。深度强化学习方法与交通控制系统的结合在自适应交通信号控制中扮演着重要角色。首先,文中综述了智能交通信号控制系统应用的最新进展,对智能交通信号控制方法进行了分类讨论,总结了这一领域的现有工作。其次,采用深度强化学习方法能够有效解决智能交通信号控制中状态信息获取不准确、控制算法鲁棒性差以及区域协调控制能力弱等问题,在此基础上,给出了智能交通信号控制的仿真平台和实验设置概述,并通过实例进行了分析和验证。最后,探讨了智能交通信号控制领域面临的挑战和有待解决的问题,并总结了未来的研究方向。

关键词: 智能交通系统, 深度强化学习, 交通信号控制, 多智能体

Abstract: With the rapid growth of urban populations,the number of private cars has grown exponentially,which makes overwhelming traffic congestion problem become more and more acute.The traditional traffic signal control technology is difficult to adapt to the complex and changeable traffic conditions,and the data-driven methods bring new research directions for the control-based system.The combination of deep reinforcement learning and traffic control systems plays an important role in adaptive traffic signal control.First,this paper reviews the latest progress in the application of intelligent traffic signal control systems,the methods of intelligent traffic signal control are classified and discussed,and the existing works in this field are summarized.The deep reinforcement learning method can effectively solve the problems of inaccurate state information acquisition,poor algorithm robust and weak regional coordination control ability in intelligent traffic signal control.Then,on the basis of the above,this paper gives an overview of the simulation platforms and experimental setup for intelligent traffic signal control,and analyzes and verifies it through examples.Finally,The challenges and unsolved problems in this field are discussed and future research directions are summarized.

Key words: Intelligent transportation system, Deep reinforcement learning, Traffic signal control, Multi-agent

中图分类号: 

  • TP181
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