Developing the traffic control system using MAS

Abstract

Time spent idle in traffic effects productivity, commercial transactions, development of services and standard of living, since 'time' is the real capital nowadays. In addition, idle traffic at intersections burns a large amount of fossil fuels thus threatening the environment in general and the health of passers. Thus, reducing time spent in vehicles has been the goal of much traffic control research. This research demonstrates an agent system that has been developed to replace traffic police men. It designed to sense the traffic at the intersection and determine the number of vehicles that are present. It is then able to decide whether to allow the vehicles to pass or to stop. The proposed agent also makes use of information from similar agents managing adjacent intersections in order to further increase the efficiency of the traffic flow.