内容简介：
The available capacity of freeway networks is degraded in presence of traffic congestion, leading to reduced throughput, increased pollution and higher accident risk. The traffic flow efficiency may be increased via suitable application of several control measures, such as ramp metering, driver information, route guidance, variable speed limits and further link control measures. This talk presents a macroscopic traffic flow model along with selected validation results, followed by an overview of some generic traffic surveillance methods and control strategies for freeway networks. Some simulation and field results demonstrating the efficiency of the surveillance methods and control strategies are also presented.

This presentation is based on an overview paper published in European Journal of Control (2007). My presentation abstract is actually that of the paper.

个人简介：
Dr. Yibing Wang received the Ph.D. degree in Control Theory and Applications from Tsinghua University. He was with the Dynamic Systems and Simulation Laboratory, Department of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Greece, where he was a Postdoctoral Researcher from 1999 to 2001 and a Senior Research Fellow from 2001 to 2007. He is currently a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include traffic flow modelling, freeway network traffic surveillance, ramp metering, route guidance, urban traffic signal control, vehicular infrastructure integration. He has published 20 international journal papers and book chapters. He is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems and the Book Review Editor of Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.