First steps toward an auction-based traffic signal controller

Abstract

As the cost of traffic congestion continues to rise traffic engineers have become more inclined to pursue Intelligent Traffic Systems to maximize the capacity of existing road networks. In this paper we demonstrate an auction-based traffic controller which exploits all the benefits of a market-based agent coordination system but it does not require vehicles to have any special software to utilize said system. Our auction-based traffic controller is better at reducing delay and increasing throughput in a simulated city, as compared to fixed-time signal controllers.