期刊名称：International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology
电子版ISSN：2231-2803
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：1-2
出版社：Seventh Sense Research Group
摘要：The agent computing paradigm is rapidly emerging as one of the powerful technologies for the development of largescale distributed systems to deal with the uncertainty in a dynamic environment. The domain of traffic and transportation systems is well suited for an agentbased approach because transportation systems are usually geographically distributed in dynamic changing environments. Our paper shows that the techniques and methods resulting from the field of agent and multiagent systems have been applied to many aspects of traffic and transportation systems, including modeling and simulation, dynamic routing and congestion management, and intelligent traffic control. This paper examines an agentbased approach and its applications with cloud computing in different modes of transportation, including roadway, railway, and air transportation. This paper also addresses some critical issues in developing agentbased traffic control and management systems, such as interoperability, flexibility, and extendibility. Finally, several future research directions toward the successful deployment of agent technology in traffic and transportation systems are discussed.
