Applications of Agent Technology in Traffic and Transportation
Building effective and user-friendly transportation systems is one of the big challenges for engineers in the 21st century. There is an increasing need to understand, model, and govern such systems at both the individual (micro) and the society (macro) le
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This series reports new developments in agent-based software technologies and agentoriented software engineering methodologies, with particular emphasis on applications in various scientific and industrial areas. It includes research level monographs, polished notes arising from research and industrial projects, outstanding PhD theses, and proceedings of focused meetings and conferences. The series aims at promoting advanced research as well as at facilitating know-how transfer to industrial use.
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Applications of Agent Technology in Traffic and Transportation Franziska Klügl Ana Bazzan Sascha Ossowski Editors
Birkhäuser Verlag Basel • Boston • Berlin
Editors: Franziska Klügl Dept. of Artificial Intelligence and Applied Computer Science University of Würzburg Am Hubland 97070 Würzburg Germany
Ana Bazzan Instituto de Informática, UFRGS Campus do Vale, Bloco IV Bairro Agronomia Av. Bento Gonçalves 91501-970 Porto Alegre Brazil
Sascha Ossowski Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Al Group DIET, ESCET Campus de Móstoles Calle Tulipán s/n 28933 Madrid Spain
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification 68T35, 68U35, 94A99, 94C99
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Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Paul Davidsson, Lawrence Henesey, Linda Ramstedt, Johanna T¨ ornquist and Fredrik Wernstedt Agent-Based Approach
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