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Large-Scale Traffic Signal Offset Optimization
Yi Ouyang, Richard Y. Zhang, Javad Lavaei +1
The offset optimization problem seeks to coordinate and synchronize the timing of traffic signals throughout a network in order to enhance traffic flow and reduce stops and delays.…
A Queuing Approach to Parking: Modeling, Verification, and Prediction
Hamidreza Tavafoghi, Kameshwar Poolla, Pravin Varaiya
We present a queuing model of parking dynamics and a model-based prediction method to provide real-time probabilistic forecasts of future parking occupancy. The queuing model has a…
Optimal Resource Procurement and the Price of Causality
Sen Li, Akhil Shetty, Kameshwar Poolla +1
This paper studies the problem of procuring diverse resources in a forward market to cover a set of uncertain demand signals . We consider two scenarios: (a) $\bf{…
Market Implementation of Multiple-Arrival Multiple-Deadline Differentiated Energy Services
Yanfang Mo, Wei Chen, Li Qiu +1
An increasing concern in power systems is how to elicit flexibilities in demand, which leads to nontraditional electricity products for accommodating loads of different flexibility…
Selling Demand Response Using Options
Deepan Muthirayan, Dileep Kalathil, Sen Li +2
Wholesale electricity markets in many jurisdictions use a two-settlement structure: a day-ahead market for bulk power transactions and a real-time market for fine-grain supply-dema…
Regulating TNCs: Should Uber and Lyft Set Their Own Rules?
Sen Li, Hamidreza Tavafoghi, Kameshwar Poolla +1
We evaluate the impact of three proposed regulations of transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber, Lyft and Didi: (1) a minimum wage for drivers, (2) a cap on the number of…