Cooperative Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning for Traffic Signal Control and Carbon Emission Reduction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.09662v2
• Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2023 07:29:23 GMT
• Title: Cooperative Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning for Traffic Signal Control and Carbon Emission Reduction
• Authors: Cheng Ruei Tang, Jun Wei Hsieh, and Shin You Teng
• Abstract summary: We propose a cooperative multi-objective architecture called Multi-Objective Multi-Agent Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient. MOMA-DDPG estimates multiple reward terms for traffic signal control optimization using age-decaying weights. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness of MOMA-DDPG, outperforming state-of-the-art methods across all performance metrics.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Existing traffic signal control systems rely on oversimplified rule-based methods, and even RL-based methods are often suboptimal and unstable. To address this, we propose a cooperative multi-objective architecture called Multi-Objective Multi-Agent Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (MOMA-DDPG), which estimates multiple reward terms for traffic signal control optimization using age-decaying weights. Our approach involves two types of agents: one focuses on optimizing local traffic at each intersection, while the other aims to optimize global traffic throughput. We evaluate our method using real-world traffic data collected from an Asian country's traffic cameras. Despite the inclusion of a global agent, our solution remains decentralized as this agent is no longer necessary during the inference stage. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness of MOMA-DDPG, outperforming state-of-the-art methods across all performance metrics. Additionally, our proposed system minimizes both waiting time and carbon emissions. Notably, this paper is the first to link carbon emissions and global agents in traffic signal control.

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