Traffic control management system, traffic signal control system for a traffic control management system, and computer-implemented methods for controlling a traffic light apparatus

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium having with a set of instructions of computer-executable program code, which when executed by one or more processors of a secondary traffic signal control system, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• training a machine learning (ML) model based on a training data set comprising traffic data to thereby obtain a trained ML model;
• capturing traffic sensor data at one or more neighboring traffic intersections;
• deploying the trained ML model to determine an optimum traffic signal state at a traffic intersection among the one or more neighboring traffic intersections based on the captured traffic sensor data;
• executing virtual emulation code to virtually emulate the traffic light apparatus and thereby obtain a virtually emulated traffic light apparatus;
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• autonomously controlling operation of a traffic light apparatus based on the determined optimum traffic signal state by linking a primary traffic signal controller of a primary traffic signal control system to the virtually emulated traffic light apparatus.

A computer-implemented method for controlling a traffic signal traffic light apparatus mounted at a traffic intersection located at a geographic location having one or more neighboring/adjacent traffic intersections, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• training, by a secondary traffic signal control system, a machine learning (ML) model based on a training data set comprising traffic data to thereby obtain a trained ML model;
• capturing, by the secondary traffic signal control system, traffic sensor data at one or more neighboring traffic intersections;
• deploying, by the secondary traffic signal control system, the trained ML model to determine an optimum traffic signal state at a traffic intersection among the one or more neighboring traffic intersections based on the captured traffic sensor data;
• executing, by the secondary traffic signal control system, virtual emulation code to virtually emulate the traffic light apparatus and thereby obtain a virtually emulated traffic light apparatus;
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• autonomously controlling, by the secondary traffic signal control system, operation of a traffic light apparatus based on the predicted traffic flow and the determined optimum traffic signal state by linking a primary traffic signal controller of a primary traffic signal control system to the virtually emulated traffic light apparatus.