Teaching machines to direct traffic through deep reinforcement learning

(Chinese Association of Automation) Automating traffic control is notoriously tricky because it involves two challenging tasks: modeling traffic flow and then optimizing it. While traditional artificial intelligence and simulation techniques can learn and reproduce the dynamics of certain traffic situations, they cannot easily determine the best course of action. Despite this shortcoming, one emerging AI method that has shown promise is reinforcement learning.

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