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In this paper we present a test bed for multi-agent control systems in road traffic management. In literature no consensus exists about the best configuration of the traffic managing multi-agent system and how the activities of the agents that comprise the multi-agent system should be coordinated. The system should be capable of managing different levels of complexity, a diversity of policy goals, and different forms of traffic problems. The test bed aids in-depth research in this field, which we demonstrate by means of two example scenarios we have implemented.
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van Katwijk, R., van Koningsbruggen, P., De Schutter, B., Hellendoorn, J. (2005). A Test Bed for Multi-Agent Control Systems in Road Traffic Management. In: Klügl, F., Bazzan, A., Ossowski, S. (eds) Applications of Agent Technology in Traffic and Transportation. Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7363-6_8
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