Charging Stations and Mobility Data Generators for Agent-based Simulations

[EN] Current traffic congestion and the resulting carbon emissions are two of the main problems threatening the sustainability of modern cities. The challenges facing today's cities focus primarily on the optimization of traffic flow and the transition to electric vehicles. The latter aspec...

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Autores: Martí, Pasqual|||0000-0001-6406-0641, Jordán, Jaume|||0000-0003-0400-9136, Palanca Cámara, Javier|||0000-0002-6209-9603, Julian, Vicente|||0000-0002-2743-6037
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/198864
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/198864
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Multi-agent system
Simulation
Transportation
Electric vehicle
Smart city
Urban fleets
LENGUAJES Y SISTEMAS INFORMATICOS
09.- Desarrollar infraestructuras resilientes, promover la industrialización inclusiva y sostenible, y fomentar la innovación
11.- Conseguir que las ciudades y los asentamientos humanos sean inclusivos, seguros, resilientes y sostenibles
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Sumario:[EN] Current traffic congestion and the resulting carbon emissions are two of the main problems threatening the sustainability of modern cities. The challenges facing today's cities focus primarily on the optimization of traffic flow and the transition to electric vehicles. The latter aspect implies the need for an adequate deployment of the infrastructure of charging stations. The inherent complexity in today's cities and the difficulty in implementing new policies whose benefits are difficult to measure and predict has led in recent years to consider the enormous potential of simulation tools and in particular of the agent-based simulation (ABS). ABS allows the specification of complex models that reflect the complexity and dynamism of urban mobility. Current technology in ABS has evolved and matured sufficiently to provide very sophisticated tools but lacking facilities for a flexible and realistic generation of input data in the execution of the experiments. In line with this, this paper introduces two configurable generators that automatize the creation of experiments in agent-based simulations. The generators have been developed with the SimFleet simulation tool enhancing the simulation of realistic movements and location of vehicles, passengers and other users of the urban traffic system within a city. The generators proved to be useful for comparing different distributions of locations as well as different agent movement behaviors based on real city data.(c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.