arXiv:2509.03335cs.LG2025-09

用大模型自动发现可解释的交通灯控制策略,效果优于传统方法。

EvolveSignal: A Large Language Model Powered Coding Agent for Discovering Traffic Signal Control Strategies

  • 基于大模型和演化搜索,从代码层面优化现有控制逻辑。
  • 在仿真中使平均延误降低20.1%,平均停车次数减少47.1%。
  • 适合交通工程研究者与智能交通系统开发者参考。

在交通工程中,固定时序信号控制因成本低、稳定且可解释而广泛使用,但其设计依赖人工编写公式(如Webster公式)和工程师手动调优,劳动密集且在异质或拥堵条件下常表现不佳。本文提出EvolveSignal,一个基于大语言模型的编程代理,用于自动发现可解释的固定时序信号控制启发式策略。该框架不构建全新解析公式,而是探索现有控制逻辑的代码级变体,通过程序合成方式生成候选策略(以具有固定输入输出结构的Python函数表示),并结合外部评估(如交通仿真器)与演化搜索进行迭代优化。在信号交叉口实验中,所发现策略显著优于经典基线(Webster方法),平均延迟降低20.1%,平均停车次数减少47.1%。消融与增量分析表明,EvolveSignal能识别有意义的改进,如调整周期长度范围、引入右转需求、重新缩放绿灯分配等,为交通工程师提供实用洞见。本工作展示了大模型驱动程序合成在可解释性与自动化启发式设计方面的潜力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

In traffic engineering, fixed-time traffic signal control remains widely used for its low cost, stability, and interpretability. However, its design relies on hand-crafted formulas (e.g., Webster) and manual re-timing by engineers to adapt to demand changes, which is labor-intensive and often yields suboptimal results under heterogeneous or congested conditions. This paper introduces EvolveSignal, an LLM-powered coding agent for automatically discovering interpretable heuristic strategies for fixed-time traffic signal control. Rather than deriving entirely new analytical formulations, the proposed framework focuses on exploring code-level variations of existing control logic and identifying effective combinations of heuristic modifications. We formulate the problem as program synthesis, where candidate strategies are represented as Python functions with fixed input-output structures and iteratively optimized through external evaluations (e.g., a traffic simulator) and evolutionary search. Experiments on a signalized intersection demonstrate that the discovered strategies outperform a classical baseline (Webster's method), reducing average delay by 20.1\% and average stops by 47.1\%. Beyond performance, ablation and incremental analyses reveal that EvolveSignal can identify meaningful modifications, such as adjusting cycle length bounds, incorporating right-turn demand, and rescaling green allocations, that provide useful insights for traffic engineers. This work highlights the potential of LLM-driven program synthesis for supporting interpretable and automated heuristic design in traffic signal control.

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