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Agent-based models have been extensively used to simulate the behavior of travelers in transportation systems because they allow for realistic and versatile modeling of interactions. However, traditional agent-based models suffer from high…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-23 Irene Martinez , Wen-long Jin

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

As the foundation of closed-loop training and evaluation in autonomous driving, traffic simulation still faces two fundamental challenges: covariate shift introduced by open-loop imitation learning and limited capacity to reflect the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Keyu Chen , Wenchao Sun , Hao Cheng , Zheng Fu , Sifa Zheng

Deciphering travel behavior and mode choices is a critical aspect of effective urban transportation system management, particularly in developing countries where unique socio-economic and cultural conditions complicate decision-making.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Kathleen Salazar-Serna , Lorena Cadavid , Carlos Franco

This study presents an innovative approach to urban mobility simulation by integrating a Large Language Model (LLM) with Agent-Based Modeling (ABM). Unlike traditional rule-based ABM, the proposed framework leverages LLM to enhance agent…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Yu-Lun Song , Chung-En Tsern , Che-Cheng Wu , Yu-Ming Chang , Syuan-Bo Huang , Wei-Chu Chen , Michael Chia-Liang Lin , Yu-Ta Lin

In this paper, we present a Bayesian multipath-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm that continuously adapts interacting multiple models (IMM) parameters to describe the mobile agent state dynamics. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-25 Erik Leitinger , Stefan Grebien , Klaus Witrisal

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

We built a multiagent simulation of urban traffic to model both ordinary traffic and emergency or crisis mode traffic. This simulation first builds a modeled road network based on detailed geographical information. On this network, the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-01-27 Pierrick Tranouez , Eric Daudé , Patrice Langlois

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

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

Integrating land use, travel demand, and traffic models represents a gold standard for regional planning, but is rarely achieved in a meaningful way, especially at the scale of disaggregate data. In this report, we present a new pipeline…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Paul Waddell , Geoff Boeing , Max Gardner , Emily Porter

Micromobility, which utilizes lightweight mobile machines moving in urban public spaces, such as delivery robots and mobility scooters, emerges as a promising alternative to vehicular mobility. Current micromobility depends mostly on human…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-02 Wayne Wu , Honglin He , Chaoyuan Zhang , Jack He , Seth Z. Zhao , Ran Gong , Quanyi Li , Bolei Zhou

The integration of traditional fixed-route transit (FRT) and more flexible microtransit has been touted as a means of improving mobility and access to opportunity, increasing transit ridership, and promoting environmental sustainability. To…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-31 Siwei Hu , Michael F. Hyland , Ritun Saha , Jacob J. Berkel , Geoffrey Vander Veen

Agent-based modeling approaches represent the state-of-art in modeling travel demand and transportation system dynamics and are valuable tools for transportation planning. However, established agent-based approaches in transportation rely…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Tianming Liu , Jirong Yang , Yafeng Yin

In literature, scientists describe human mobility in a range of granularities by several different models. Using frameworks like MATSIM, VehiLux, or Sumo, they often derive individual human movement indicators in their most detail. However,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-14 David Ziegler , Johannes Betz , Markus Lienkamp

We introduce \textbf{BO4Mob}, a new benchmark framework for high-dimensional Bayesian Optimization (BO), driven by the challenge of origin-destination (OD) travel demand estimation in large urban road networks. Estimating OD travel demand…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Seunghee Ryu , Donghoon Kwon , Seongjin Choi , Aryan Deshwal , Seungmo Kang , Carolina Osorio

We present a modular Bayesian optimization framework that efficiently generates time-optimal trajectories for a cooperative multi-agent system, such as a team of UAVs. Existing methods for multi-agent trajectory generation often rely on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-03 Gilhyun Ryou , Ezra Tal , Sertac Karaman

This work develops a compute-efficient algorithm to tackle a fundamental problem in transportation: that of urban travel demand estimation. It focuses on the calibration of origin-destination travel demand input parameters for…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Suyash Vishnoi , Akhil Shetty , Iveel Tsogsuren , Neha Arora , Carolina Osorio

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

Agent-based models (ABM) are gaining traction as one of the most powerful modelling tools within the social sciences. They are particularly suited to simulating complex systems. Despite many methodological advances within ABM, one of the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-03-27 Le-Minh Kieu , Nicolas Malleson , Alison Heppenstall