Multi-agent systems for traffic and transportation engineering

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Bazzan, Ana L. C., Klügl, Franziska.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Transportation > Data processing.; Transportation engineering > Data processing.; Traffic engineering > Data processing.; Intelligent agents (Computer software); Activity-travel patterns; Autonomous intersection control; Complex traffic simulation; Collaborative driving; Evacuation dynamics; Microscopic traffic modelling; Pedestrian dynamics; Public transport systems; Route information sharing; Traffic congestion management; Traffic flow
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxi, 424 p. : ill., maps) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781605662275 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Our increasing societal demand for mobility now challenges researchers to devise more efficient traffic and transportation systems. This book provides a unique compendium of research covering topics such as transportation system designs, control devices, and techniques to optimize existing networks. Presenting a collection of approaches to issues in traffic and transportation, it offers a compilation of chapters with innovative methods and systems written by leading international researchers.