Solving traffic congestion using vehicle grouping
US8892344B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 26, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/0104
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for solving a traffic congestion problem are provided in the illustrative embodiments. Using an application executing using a processor and a memory in a data processing system, a congested route section is selected from a set of congested route sections. A set of congesting vehicles is selected, where the set of congesting vehicles cause congestion in the selected congested route sections by being positioned on the selected congested route section. A vacancy data structure corresponding to the selected congested route section is populated. A subset of the set of the congesting vehicles is selected. The subset of the set of the congesting vehicles is rerouted to a candidate route section identified in the vacancy data structure.
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