Patent ID: 7386391

Claim:
A method of generating optimized traffic movement plans for a region having a plurality of traffic and a plurality of traffic conditions, said method comprising: determining a first planning boundary for said traffic based upon the traffic conditions of said region; employing said first planning boundary and repetitively generating a first plurality of traffic movement plans for the traffic of said region; selecting one of said first plurality of traffic movement plans as a first optimized traffic movement plan for execution; outputting said first optimized traffic movement plan for controlling traffic movement in said region; determining current traffic conditions of said region; updating said first planning boundary to provide a second planning boundary for said traffic based upon said current traffic conditions; employing said second planning boundary and repetitively generating a second plurality of traffic movement plans for the traffic of said region; selecting one of said first and second plurality of traffic movement plans as a second optimized traffic movement plan for execution; and outputting said second optimized traffic movement plan for controlling traffic movement in said region.