Decentralised control of material or traffic flows in networks using phase-synchronisation

Stefan Lämmer, Hiroshi Kori, Karsten Peters and Dirk Helbing

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2006, vol. 363, issue 1, 39-47

Abstract: We present a self-organising, decentralised control method for material flows in networks. The concept applies to networks where time sharing mechanisms between conflicting flows in nodes are required and where a coordination of these local switches on a system-wide level can improve the performance. We show that, under certain assumptions, the control of nodes can be mapped to a network of phase-oscillators.

Keywords: Synchronisation; Phase-oscillators; Traffic light control; Adaptive control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.047

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