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Traffic scenarios are inherently interactive. Multiple decision-makers predict the actions of others and choose strategies that maximize their rewards. We view these interactions from the perspective of game theory which introduces various…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Christian Muench , Frans A. Oliehoek , Dariu M. Gavrila

Generative agents offer promising capabilities for simulating realistic urban behaviors. However, existing methods oversimplify transportation choices, rely heavily on static agent profiles leading to behavioral homogenization, and inherit…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Xiaotong Ye , Nicolas Bougie , Toshihiko Yamasaki , Narimasa Watanabe

Enhancing simulation environments to replicate real-world driver behavior, i.e., more humanlike sim agents, is essential for developing autonomous vehicle technology. In the context of highway merging, previous works have studied the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-18 Dustin Holley , Jovin D'sa , Hossein Nourkhiz Mahjoub , Gibran Ali

As cities evolve toward more complex and multimodal transportation systems, the need for human-centered multi-agent simulation tools has never been more urgent. Yet most existing platforms remain limited - they often separate different…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Shiva Azimi , Arash Tavakoli

Vehicular traffic is a classical example of a multi-agent system in which autonomous drivers operate in a shared environment. The article provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in microscopic traffic modeling and the implications for…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-10-26 Arne Kesting , Martin Treiber , Dirk Helbing

Multi-physics simulations play a crucial role in understanding complex systems. However, their computational demands are often prohibitive due to high dimensionality and complex interactions, such that actual calculations often rely on…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Stefan Meinecke , Malte Selig , Felix Köster , Andreas Knorr , Kathy Lüdge

Designing and evaluating personalized and proactive assistant agents remains challenging due to the time, cost, and ethical concerns associated with human-in-the-loop experimentation. Existing Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) methods often…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Ziyi Xuan , Yiwen Wu , Xuhai Xu , Vinod Namboodiri , Mooi Choo Chuah , Yu Yang

The simulation of pedestrian crowd that reflects reality is a major challenge for researches. Several crowd simulation models have been proposed such as cellular automata model, agent-based model, fluid dynamic model, etc. It is important…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2017-08-15 Wonho Kang , Youngnam Han

We are exploring the enhancement of models of agent behaviour with more "human-like" decision making strategies than are presently available. Our motivation is to developed with a view to as the decision analysis and support for electric…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2009-12-22 Yee Ming Chen , Bo-Yuan Wang , Hung-Ming Shiu

Agent-based modelling is a valuable approach for systems whose behaviour is driven by the interactions between distinct entities. They have shown particular promise as a means of modelling crowds of people in streets, public transport…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-04-30 Nick Malleson , Kevin Minors , Le-Minh Kieu , Jonathan A. Ward , Andrew A. West , Alison Heppenstall

Interacting with human agents in complex scenarios presents a significant challenge for robotic navigation, particularly in environments that necessitate both collision avoidance and collaborative interaction, such as indoor spaces. Unlike…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Lingfeng Sun , Yixiao Wang , Pin-Yun Hung , Changhao Wang , Xiang Zhang , Zhuo Xu , Masayoshi Tomizuka

Effective optimization is essential for interactive systems to provide a satisfactory user experience. However, it is often challenging to find an objective to optimize for. Generally, such objectives are manually crafted and rarely capture…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-12-17 Ziming Li , Julia Kiseleva , Alekh Agarwal , Maarten de Rijke

Simultaneous trajectory prediction for multiple heterogeneous traffic participants is essential for the safe and efficient operation of connected automated vehicles under complex driving situations in the real world. The multi-agent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Xiaoyu Mo , Yang Xing , Chen Lv

The growing spread of robots for service and industrial purposes calls for versatile, intuitive and portable interaction approaches. In particular, in industrial environments, operators should be able to interact with robots in a fast,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-13 Valeria Villani , Beatrice Capelli , Lorenzo Sabattini

Data-driven simulation has become a favorable way to train and test autonomous driving algorithms. The idea of replacing the actual environment with a learned simulator has also been explored in model-based reinforcement learning in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-29 Zhejun Zhang , Alexander Liniger , Dengxin Dai , Fisher Yu , Luc Van Gool

The aim our work is to create virtual humans as intelligent entities, which includes approximate the maximum as possible the virtual agent animation to the natural human behavior. In order to accomplish this task, our agent must be capable…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2010-04-27 F. Cherif , R. Chighoub

In decision support systems, it is essential to get a candidate solution fast, even if it means resorting to an approximation. This constraint introduces a scalability requirement with regard to the kind of heuristics which can be used in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2014-05-22 D. Krzywicki , Ł. Faber , A. Byrski , M. Kisiel-Dorohinicki

Public-transit systems face a number of operational challenges: (a) changing ridership patterns requiring optimization of fixed line services, (b) optimizing vehicle-to-trip assignments to reduce maintenance and operation codes, and (c)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-02 Ruixiao Sun , Rongze Gui , Himanshu Neema , Yuche Chen , Juliette Ugirumurera , Joseph Severino , Philip Pugliese , Aron Laszka , Abhishek Dubey

Traffic simulators are important tools in autonomous driving development. While continuous progress has been made to provide developers more options for modeling various traffic participants, tuning these models to increase their behavioral…

Simulation is pivotal in evaluating the performance of autonomous driving systems due to the advantages of high efficiency and low cost compared to on-road testing. Bridging the gap between simulation and the real world requires realistic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Haojie Xin , Xiaodong Zhang , Renzhi Tang , Songyang Yan , Qianrui Zhao , Chunze Yang , Wen Cui , Zijiang Yang