Title :
Vehicular Traffic Modeling Governed by Cellular Phone Trajectories
Author :
Neighbour, R. ; Mukhi, S.N. ; Friesen, Marcia R. ; McLeod, Robert D. ; Crowley, Michael
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Abstract :
This paper briefly outlines the combination of an Agent Based Modeling (ABM) framework for modeling the flow of traffic in an urban center, using a 3D gaming platform and incorporating real world data extracted from cell phone trajectories to guide agent movements. Results are compared against two other sets of real world data. The model validation shows considerable promise both for the simulation itself and the use of cellular location data to infer traffic patterns.
Keywords :
cellular radio; computer games; mobile handsets; multi-agent systems; road traffic; traffic engineering computing; 3D gaming platform; ABM framework; agent based modeling framework; cellular location data; cellular phone trajectory; guide agent movements; traffic flow modelling; traffic patterns; vehicular traffic modeling; Bluetooth; Cities and towns; Computational modeling; Data models; Games; Traffic control; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1880-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1090-3038
DOI :
10.1109/VTCFall.2012.6398876
