Integrating mobile agent technology with multi-agent systems for distributed traffic detection and management systems

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Chen, Bo ^a   Cheng, Harry H ^b   Palen, Joe ^c  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent technology; Agents; Distributed intelligent systems; FIPA; Mobile agents; Traffic control and management systems

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AGENT TECHNOLOGY; CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT; DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; FIPA; MOBILE AGENT TECHNOLOGY; REAL-TIME TRAFFIC DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

MOBILE AGENTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA TRANSMISSION; DETECTION METHOD; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; REAL TIME; SOFTWARE; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58349113190     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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