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10 papers

eess.SY2026

Real-Time In-Domain Congestion Control for the LWR Traffic Model via Control Barrier Functions

Zehang Zhu, Brian Block, Stephanie Stockar

This paper presents a control barrier function-based method for real-time in-domain congestion control of the Lighthill-Whitham-Richards traffic model. Traffic congestion is formul…

eess.SY2026

A Continuification Approach to CAV Control in Mixed Traffic via Variable Speed Limits

Brian Block, Cecilia Pasquale, Silvia Siri +2

This paper presents a method for controlling traffic via the use of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) acting as moving bottlenecks. Current methods for moving bottleneck cont…

math.OC2026

Optimal Finite-Horizon LQR Control for Traffic Flow via Variable Speed Limits

Brian Block, Stephanie Stockar

This article presents a finite-horizon linear quadratic regulator for the control of the first-order Lighthill-Whitham-Richards traffic model with a triangular fundamental diagram.…

eess.SY2026

Constrained Control of PDE Traffic Flow via Spatial Control Barrier Functions

Brian Block, Stephanie Stockar

In this paper, a constrained control approach to variable speed limit (VSL) control for macroscopic partial differential equations (PDE) traffic models is developed. Control Lyapun…

eess.SY2026

Sensitivity Analysis of Performance-Based Partitioning in District Heating Networks

Audrey Blizard, Stephanie Stockar

The paper presents a sensitivity analysis of the factors affecting the optimal partitioning of a district heating network for distributed control. Leveraging a physics-based, distr…

eess.SY2025

Traffic-Aware Eco-Driving Control in CAVs via Learning-based Terminal Cost Model

Mehmet Fatih Ozkan, Dennis Kibalama, Jacob Paugh +2

Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) offer significant potential for improving energy efficiency and lowering vehicle emissions through eco-driving technologies. Control algorit…