A Simulation-Based Framework for the Cooperation of VMS Travel Guidance and Traffic Signal Control

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                  Control method</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Index</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center">Objective function values</td><td align="center">Improvement</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pretimed signal control without VMS</td><td align="center">84756.77</td><td align="center">/</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pretimed signal control with VMS strategy</td><td align="center">76118.13</td><td align="center">10.2%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">The cooperative strategy of VMS and arterial signal control</td><td align="center">62391.83</td><td align="center">26.3%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Comparison of minimum values of objective function.

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Table 3: A Simulation-Based Framework for the Cooperation of VMS Travel Guidance and Traffic Signal Control 