Authors:
Pedro Fernandes
and
Urbano Nunes
Affiliation:
Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Multi-agent systems, Traffic simulation, Network simulation, Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Autonomous Agents
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Intelligent Transportation Technologies and Systems
;
Modeling, Simulation and Architectures
;
Robotics and Automation
Abstract:
Inter-vehicle communications, in the context of Intelligent Transportation Systems, will probably bring a significant improvement in both traffic safety and efficiency. In order to evaluate in what measure this is true, traffic simulations that take into account the communications between vehicles are needed.
In this paper, we propose an agent-based architecture, in which the simulation and management of the inter-vehicle communications are integrated in the simulation of vehicles, in a hierarchical multi-agent environment. An overview of multi-agent methodologies, platforms, among other, is also presented.