This paper proposes a novel model-free adaptive control (MFAC) strategy for urban road traffic network via perimeter control based on dynamic linearization technique and predictive control. The accurate traffic flow model of the urban road network is replaced by equivalent data model. Based on the idea of predictive control, the current control action is obtained by solving online, at each sampling coordinate, a finite horizon closed-loop optimal control problem. The robustness of the MFAC strategy to time-varying desired vehicle accumulation, random traffic demand and macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) model uncertainty is verified through simulation results. INDEX TERMS MFAC, model predictive control (MPC), MFD, perimeter control, urban road traffic network.
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