A reinforcement learning-based dynamic congestion pricing method for the morning commute problems

Autor: Toru Seo, Kimihiro Sato, Takashi Fuse
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Transportation Research Procedia. 52:347-355
ISSN: 2352-1465
Popis: A reinforcement learning-based dynamic congestion pricing method for morning commute problems is proposed. In this method, tolls are iteratively updated day by day based on observable information such as traffic volume. The advantage of the method is two fold. First, the method does not require travelers personal preferences such as value of time. Second, the method does not require manually designed toll update scheme; instead, the method automatically find the most efficient toll by a data-driven manner. Results of numerical experiments show that the proposed method properly decreased traffic congestion in various types of networks. Especially, in the experiment with a single bottleneck model, total waiting time decreases to nearly zero in about 200 days. One of future issues is more stable coordination among the time zones.
Databáze: OpenAIRE