On the Use of the Multi-Agent Environment for Mobility Applications

Mahdi Zargayouna
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Mahdi Zargayouna: GRETTIA Laboratory, University Gustave Eiffel, COSYS-GRETTIA, F-77454 Marne-la-Vallée, France

Future Internet, 2022, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: The multi-agent environment is now widely recognised as a key design abstraction for constructing multi-agent systems, equally important as the agents. An explicitly designed environment may have several roles, such as the inter-mediation between agents, the support for interaction, the embodiment of rules and constraints, etc. Mobility applications fit perfectly with a design in the form of a multi-agent system with an explicit environment model. Indeed, in these applications, the components of the system are autonomous and intelligent (drivers, travellers, vehicles, etc.), and the transportation network is a natural environment that they perceive and on which they act. However, the concept of the multi-agent environment may be profitably used beyond this specific geographical context. This paper discusses the relevance of the multi-agent environment in mobility applications and describes different use cases in simulation and optimisation.

Keywords: transportation; mobility; multi-agent systems; environment; modelling; simulation; middleware (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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