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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

Modeling realistic human behaviour to understand people's mode choices in order to propose personalised mobility solutions remains challenging. This paper presents an architecture for modeling realistic human mobility behavior in complex…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Trung-Dung Vu , Benoit Gaudou , Kamaldeep Singh Oberoi

This paper presents YatSim, an open-source program for simulating consensus-based control strategies in urban traffic networks. Urban traffic is a multi-agent system which requires agreement among the agents to guarantees performance,…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-10-29 Alexander Martin Dethof , Fabio Molinari

Social media has emerged as a cornerstone of social movements, wielding significant influence in driving societal change. Simulating the response of the public and forecasting the potential impact has become increasingly important. However,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Xinyi Mou , Zhongyu Wei , Xuanjing Huang

With the growth of cars and car-sharing applications, commuters in many cities, particularly developing countries, are shifting away from public transport. These shifts have affected two key stakeholders: transit operators and first- and…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Saumya Bhatnagar , Tarun Rambha , Gitakrishnan Ramadurai

The increasing rate of urbanization has added pressure on the already constrained transportation networks in our communities. Ride-sharing platforms such as Uber and Lyft are becoming a more commonplace, particularly in urban environments.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-01 Chinmaya Samal , Liyuan Zheng , Fangzhou Sun , Lillian J. Ratliff , Abhishek Dubey

Interactive multi-agent simulation algorithms are used to compute the trajectories and behaviors of different entities in virtual reality scenarios. However, current methods involve considerable parameter tweaking to generate plausible…

Graphics · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Jiaping Ren , Wei Xiang , Yangxi Xiao , Ruigang Yang , Dinesh Manocha , Xiaogang Jin

Interactive traffic simulation is crucial to autonomous driving systems by enabling testing for planners in a more scalable and safe way compared to real-world road testing. Existing approaches learn an agent model from large-scale driving…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-27 Qiao Sun , Xin Huang , Brian C. Williams , Hang Zhao

Traffic simulation is important for transportation optimization and policy making. While existing simulators such as SUMO and MATSim offer fully-featured platforms and utilities, users without too much knowledge about these platforms often…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Yuwei Du , Jun Zhang , Jie Feng , Zhicheng Liu , Jian Yuan , Yong Li

There is a fierce competition between two-sided mobility platforms (e.g., Uber and Lyft) fueled by massive subsidies, yet the underlying dynamics and interactions between the competing plat-forms are largely unknown. These platforms rely on…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Farnoud Ghasemi , Arkadiusz Drabicki , Rafał Kucharski

Individual traffic significantly contributes to climate change and environmental degradation. Therefore, innovation in sustainable mobility is gaining importance as it helps to reduce environmental pollution. However, effects of new ideas…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-11-16 Johannes Nguyen , Simon T. Powers , Neil Urquhart , Thomas Farrenkopf , Michael Guckert

This paper introduces an agent-based simulation model aimed at understanding urban commuters mode choices and evaluating the impacts of transport policies to promote sustainable mobility. Crafted for developing countries, where utilitarian…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-08-01 Kathleen Salazar-Serna , Lorena Cadavid , Carlos J. Franco

Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is an emerging business model driven by the concept of "Everything-as-a-Service" and enabled through mobile internet technologies. In the context of economic deregulation, a MaaS system consists of a typical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-20 Haoning Xi , Didier Aussel , Wei Liu , S Travis Waller , David Rey

With the rapid growth of urban transportation and the continuous progress in autonomous driving, a demand for robust benchmarking autonomous driving algorithms has emerged, calling for accurate modeling of large-scale urban traffic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-14 Yuheng Zhang , Tianjian Ouyang , Fudan Yu , Lei Qiao , Wei Wu , Jingtao Ding , Jian Yuan , Yong Li

This report presents results from an M1 internship dedicated to agent-based modelling and simulation of daily mobility choices. This simulation is intended to be realistic enough to serve as a basis for a serious game about the mobility…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-02-16 Chloe Conrad , Carole Adam

Modeling human behavior in urban environments is fundamental for social science, behavioral studies, and urban planning. Prior work often rely on rigid, hand-crafted rules, limiting their ability to simulate nuanced intentions, plans, and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Nicolas Bougie , Narimasa Watanabe

Over the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in the transport community in the application of agent-based simulation models to evaluate flexible transit solutions characterized by different degrees of short-term flexibility in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-11-22 David Leffler , Wilco Burghout , Oded Cats , Erik Jenelius

The ridesharing economy is experiencing rapid growth and innovation. Companies such as Uber and Lyft are continuing to grow at a considerable pace while providing their platform as an organizing medium for ridesharing services, increasing…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2018-02-22 Joseph A. E. Shaheen

We address the problem of a participatory decision-making process where a shared priority list of alternatives has to be obtained while avoiding inconsistent decisions. An agent-based model (ABM) is proposed to mimic this process in…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-11-23 Michela Le Pira , Giuseppe Inturri , Matteo Ignaccolo , Alessandro Pluchino , Andrea Rapisarda

The goal of this paper is to develop a modeling framework that captures the inter-decision dynamics between mobility service providers (MSPs) and travelers that can be used to optimize and analyze policies/regulations related to MSPs. To…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-23 Florian Dandl , Roman Engelhardt , Michael Hyland , Gabriel Tilg , Klaus Bogenberger , Hani S. Mahmassani