Hybrid Quantum-Classical Optimization for Emergency-Priority Traffic Signal Control

2026-10-16 · arXiv Quantum Physics

arXiv:2610.21883v1 Announce Type: new

Abstract: Emergency-priority traffic signal control requires reducing emergency-vehicle delay while limiting disruption to ordinary traffic. This work investigates a finite-horizon QUBO formulation and compares Exact QUBO optimization, QAOA, CVaR-QAOA, a quantum machine-learning policy, fixed-time control, and max-pressure control in a three-intersection corridor. The study evaluates three traffic-demand regimes, examines the effect of the emergency-priority weight, and compares quantum solutions with the exact QUBO optimum. The optimization-based controllers achieved reliable emergency progression across all tested demand regimes, while max-pressure produced lower ordinary-traffic delay. Increasing emergency priority reduced emergency travel time but increased congestion, with diminishing improvements at larger weights. CVaR-QAOA reproduced the exact QUBO solution more accurately than standard QAOA, although the resulting differences in closed-loop traffic performance were comparatively small.

原文链接：https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.21883

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