Provides the researcher with a rigorous and well-structured theoretical treatment of the major aspects of traffic control

Demonstrates the practicality of the methods proposed with a description of the most successful freeway traffic control applications from around the world

Covers the whole subject of freeway traffic control from modelling and identification to the technology used

Provides the researcher with a rigorous and well-structured analysis of the major aspects of freeway traffic modelling and control Investigates the practical applicability of freeway traffic control schemes Covers the whole subject of freeway traffic modelling and control with specific focus on sustainability

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Antonella Ferrara was born in Genova, Italy. As a student at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Genova, she got the "IEEE North Italy Section Electrical Engineering Student Award" in 1986. She received the Laurea Degree (Cum Laude and printing honours) in Electronic Engineering in 1987 and the Ph.D. in Computer Science and Electronics in 1992 from the University of Genova. She was Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, Computer and System Sciences of the University of Genova from 1992 to 1998. In November 1998 she became Associate Professor of Automatic Control at the University of Pavia. Since January 2005 she is Full Professor of Automatic Control in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering (ECBE) of the University of Pavia. Her research activities are mainly in the area of sliding mode control and nonlinear control, with application to traffic control, automotive control, process control, and robotics. She was a coordinator and member of several research units in national and European research projects. She was scientific responsible of several research projects funded or co-funded by companies. She has authored or co-authored more than 300 papers, including more than 100 international journal papers. From 2000 to 2004 she was Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, and, from 2007 to 2012, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. Since 2014 she has been Associate Editor of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine, and, since 2017, Subject Editor of the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. She currently is and has been member of the International Program Committee of numerous international conferences and events. She is Editor of the 15th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems CTS 2018 (Savona, Italy, June 2018). She is Senior Member of the IEEE Control Systems Society, member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Variable Structure and Sliding Mode Control, member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Automotive Control, and member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Transportation Systems. She has been appointed member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Control Systems Society for 2012, and is elected member for the triennium 2016-2018. She was Chair of the Women in Control Standing Committee of the IEEE Control Systems Society, still being a member of the Advisory Board of that committee. She is member of the European Control Association (EUCA) Council. Simona Sacone was born in Loano (SV), Italy. She received the 'Laurea' degree in Electronic Engineering (110/110 cum Laude) from the University of Genova in 1992 and the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science in 1997 from the same university. From 1999 to 2008 she has been Assistant Professor of Automatic Control at the Department of Communication, Computer and System Sciences of the University of Genova. Since 2008 she is Associate Professor of Automatic Control first in the Department of Communication, Computer and System Sciences of the University of Genova and, then, in the newborn Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering. She is coordinator of the PhD Course on Systems Engineering at the University of Genova. She has been and presently is coordinator of several national and international research projects as well as of research activities funded or co-funded by Companies. Her research interests are referred to discrete-event and hybrid modelling, optimization and control with application to production processes, transportation systems and logistic networks. The specific application field of freeway traffic systems has been dedicated a significant part of her research activity. She has authored and co-authored more than 150 papers published on international journals, international books and international conference proceedings. In 2012 the paper "Freeway networks as Systems of S

Inhalt
Part I Introduction.- Freeway Traffic Systems.- Fundamentals of Trafc Dynamics.- Part II Freeway Trafc Modelling.- First-Order Macroscopic Trafc Models.- Second-Order Macroscopic Trafc Models.- State Estimation in Freeway Trafc Systems.- Part III Freeway Trafc Control.- An Overview of Trafc Control Schemes for Freeway Systems.- Implementation-Oriented Freeway Trafc Control Strategies.- Control Strategies for Sustainable Mobility in Freeways.- Emerging Freeway Trafc Control Strategies.