NSF/USDOT Partnership for Exploratory Research - ICSST: Cooperative Traffic Management and Route Guidance: A Multi-agent Based Approach

翻译后摘要：这项研究工作将探索一种基于多智能体协商的交通管理和路线引导的方法。在建议的多代理系统称为合作运输管理和路线引导系统（CTMRGS），IRANS（在车辆路由和导航系统）和ISP（信息服务提供商）表示为代理。我们的想法是让所有司机和他们的IRANS都有能力选择，进行和支付安全，高效，具有成本效益的旅行。每个IRANS代理与ISP代理协商行程，以使首选路线的变化最小，从而确保驾驶员将遵守它。ISP代理将预期的道路使用情况通知网络管理员，以换取将在ISP的协商模型中使用的当前交通状况。所提出的协商是基于一种新的基于原则性协商的方法，该方法与其他多代理协商和讨价还价方法（例如，合同网）在文献中讨论。因此，谈判并不完全基于个体代理的效用最大化准则。代理交换他们的客观标准之前，他们协商的路线，使对方的目标包括在路线生成和更改功能。拟议的多智能体系统是符合ATIS 6市场包的综合运输管理/路线指导，特别侧重于克服司机的不遵守目前的ATIS 6包的障碍。

Abstract: This research effort will explore a multi-agent negotiation-based approach to traffic management and route guidance. In the proposed multi-agent system called Cooperative Transportation Management and Route Guidance System (CTMRGS), IRANS (In-vehicle Routing and Navigation Systems) and ISPs (Information Service Providers) are represented as agents. The idea is to allow all drivers and their IRANS to have the ability to choose, make, and pay for a safe, efficient, cost-effective trip. Each IRANS agent negotiates with the ISP agents about the trip for a minimal change in the preferred routes and thus ensures that the driver will comply with it. The ISP agents inform network managers with the anticipated road usages in exchange for the current traffic conditions to be used in the ISP's negotiation model. The proposed negotiation is based on a new principled negotiation based approach that is significantly different from other multi-agent negotiation and bargaining approaches (e.g., contract-net) discussed in the literature. Therefore negotiation is not entirely based on individual agent's utility maximization criteria. The agents exchange their objective criteria before they negotiate for routes so that each other's objectives are included in the route generation and alteration functions. The proposed multi-agent system is compliant with ATIS6 market package for Integrated Transportation Management/Route Guidance with specific focus on overcoming drivers' non-compliance hurdles present in the current ATIS6 package.