Back to Basics: Deep Reinforcement Learning in Traffic Signal Control

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2109.07180v1
• Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:36:23 GMT
• Title: Back to Basics: Deep Reinforcement Learning in Traffic Signal Control
• Authors: Sierk Kanis, Laurens Samson, Daan Bloembergen, Tim Bakker
• Abstract summary: This paper revisits some of the fundamental premises for a reinforcement learning (RL) approach to self-learning traffic lights. We propose RLight, a combination of choices that offers robust performance and good generalization to unseen traffic flows. Evaluations using the real-world Hangzhou traffic dataset show that RLight outperforms state-of-the-art rule-based and deep reinforcement learning algorithms.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: In this paper we revisit some of the fundamental premises for a reinforcement learning (RL) approach to self-learning traffic lights. We propose RLight, a combination of choices that offers robust performance and good generalization to unseen traffic flows. In particular, our main contributions are threefold: our lightweight and cluster-aware state representation leads to improved performance; we reformulate the MDP such that it skips redundant timesteps of yellow light, speeding up learning by 30%; and we investigate the action space and provide insight into the difference in performance between acyclic and cyclic phase transitions. Additionally, we provide insights into the generalisation of the methods to unseen traffic. Evaluations using the real-world Hangzhou traffic dataset show that RLight outperforms state-of-the-art rule-based and deep reinforcement learning algorithms, demonstrating the potential of RL-based methods to improve urban traffic flows.

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