Traffic Flow Simulator by Multiagent.

Accession number;01A0199794
Title;Traffic Flow Simulator by Multiagent.
Author; KAKU HIROYUKI (Nihon Univ., Grad. Div.) TSUNASHIMA HITOSHI (Nihon Univ.) NISHI YASUKAZU (Nihon Univ.) HONJO TAKASHI (Nihon Univ., Grad. Div.) SAKAI TAKUJI (Nihon Univ.)
Journal Title;Nippon Kikai Gakkai Kotsu, Butsuryu Bumon Taikai Koen Ronbunshu
Journal Code:L1577A
ISSN:
VOL.9th;NO.;PAGE.89-92(2000)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.11, TBL.1, REF.8
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Several methods are proposed for investigating the complex traffic flow. However, the dynamics of vehicle and the driver's characteristic, which are important factor for the traffic flow analysis, are not considered enough so far. This paper describes a new concept for simulating complex traffic flow by multiagents. The agents are considered as a kind of artificial life (A-Life) and they behave based on their own knowledge independently. Drivers, vehicles, roads and traffic environment, which are essential elements in our simulation, are defined as the agents. The vehicle agent combined with a driver agent works based on driver's region of sight and their own characteristics. The road agent communicates with the vehicle agent responding velocity, position of the vehicle. The effectiveness of our new method for modeling the traffic flow is shown by simulation study. (author abst.)