Authors:
Maximilian Kumm
and
Michael Schreckenberg
Affiliation:
Physics of Transport and Traffic, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1, 47057 Duisburg and Germany
Keyword(s):
Multi-Agent System, Automated Vehicle, Car2X, Temporal Headway Development, Three-phase Traffic Theory, Kerner-Klenov Model, Vehicle Speed in Free Flow, Urban Traffic, Empirical Speed Distribution.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Agents
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Artificial Intelligence
;
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
;
Bioinformatics
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Distributed and Mobile Software Systems
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Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
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Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development
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Knowledge-Based Systems
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Methodologies and Technologies
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Multi-Agent Systems
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Operational Research
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Simulation
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Software Engineering
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Symbolic Systems
Abstract:
An automated vehicle is supposed to merge into the major street of a T-intersection, while disturbing the ongoing traffic as little as possible. At the same time, different requirements regarding its driving strategy have to be fulfilled with respect to safety, comfort and energy conditions. It is desirable to enable a fluent automated drive and to avoid stopping during the approach at all. We implemented an agent-based simulation using the Kerner-Klenov model in framework of the three-phase traffic theory. Using a high number of interacting vehicles leads to a multi-agent system (MAS). A normal distributed free flow parameter based on empirical traffic data is introduced and serves as an input parameter to the simulations. The simulations output yield temporal headway development-statistics, which enables a prediction of the traffic situation on the major street. This allows the automated vehicle to adjust its speed in preparation of merging into the best possible gap considering th
e above-mentioned requirements. Hence, taking these statistics into account helps to optimise the driving strategy of the automated vehicle.
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