3D urban traffic system simulation based on geo-data

Author

Wang, Tingkai ; Tang, Shanyu ; Pan, Peiyuan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput., London Metropolitan Univ., UK

fYear

2004

fDate

28 June-1 July 2004

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

63

Abstract

Traffic simulation is an important approach to studying a real or proposed traffic system. This paper describes a 3D traffic simulation system that is designed and implemented based on the multi-agents theory, that is, the system treats each car as an agent that has decision-making ability. The simulation environment is a virtual environment generated by geographic information system (GIS) database. The traffic model used in the simulation system is a modified car-following model based on UK traffic rules. The system can be used to simulate a traffic system of a real world place/city (if we have geo-data). The initial simulation results show the idea of design and implementation approach is feasible.

Keywords

digital simulation; geographic information systems; multi-agent systems; road traffic; virtual reality; 3D urban traffic system simulation; 3D virtual environment; UK traffic rules; geo-data; geographic information system database; modified car-following model; multi agents theory; traffic model; Air traffic control; Cities and towns; Communication system traffic control; Computational modeling; Microscopy; Modems; Traffic control; Transportation; Vehicles; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology: Research and Education, 2004. ITRE 2004. 2nd International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8625-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITRE.2004.1393646

Filename

1393646