Self-organized traffic flows: a sequential conflict resolution approach

Hand, Troy S.

Title:

Self-organized traffic flows: a sequential conflict resolution approach

dc.contributor.advisor	Feron, Eric
dc.contributor.author	Hand, Troy S.
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Clarke, John-Paul
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Mao, Zhi-Hong
dc.contributor.department	Aerospace Engineering
dc.date.accessioned	2013-09-20T13:49:50Z
dc.date.available	2013-09-20T13:49:50Z
dc.date.created	2013-08
dc.date.issued	2013-06-04
dc.date.submitted	August 2013
dc.date.updated	2013-09-20T13:49:50Z
dc.description.abstract	This thesis discusses the effect of sequential conflict resolution maneuvers of a continuous flow of agents through a finite control volume. Video analysis of real world traffic flows that exhibit self-organized capabilities is conducted to extract characteristics of those agents. A tool is created which stabilizes the input video and extracts motion from it using the background subtraction method. I discuss the tool in detail as I created it to be user friendly and easily modifiable for other uses. The aim of the video analysis I conduct is to determine characteristics of agents in self-organized traffic flow. Comparisons are made with agents under sequential conflict resolution schemes and those that exhibit these self-organized capabilities to determine if agents under sequential control can approach the behaviors of those in self-organized environment. Flow geometries are studied and generalized with the goal of determining stability characteristics of arbitrary flow geometries. Stability analysis includes analytical proof of bounds on the conflict resolution maneuvers.
dc.description.degree	M.S.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/49125
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject	Video analysis
dc.subject	Motion extraction
dc.subject	Sequential control
dc.subject	Self-Organized flows
dc.subject	Intersecting aircraft flows
dc.subject	Conflict resolution
dc.subject	Air traffic
dc.subject.lcsh	Traffic flow
dc.subject.lcsh	Automatic control
dc.subject.lcsh	Roads Interchanges and intersections
dc.subject.lcsh	Automation
dc.title	Self-organized traffic flows: a sequential conflict resolution approach
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dc.type.genre	Thesis
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local.contributor.advisor	Feron, Eric
local.contributor.corporatename	College of Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename	Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
local.relation.ispartofseries	Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering
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thesis.degree.level	Masters