posted on 2013-02-26, 14:38authored byNiall O'Hara, Marco Slot, Dan Marinescu, Jan Čurn, Dawei Yang, Mikael Asplund, Mélanie Bouroche, Siobhán Clarke, Vinny Cahill
Research and development in the field of intelligent
transportation systems (ITS) can be costly in terms of both
time and money. A significant initial and ongoing investment
is often required in order to obtain a physical platform from
which experimentation and results may be gained. Simulation
of entities, their dynamics and interactions can provide an
appropriate and cost effective method for the development of
vehicular applications.
When simulating traffic behaviour, it is modelled either at
a microscopic level, where the individual characteristics and
behaviours of each vehicle are reproduced, or at a macroscopic
level where the traffic behaviour is aggregated and represented
in terms of density, flow and speed. A difficulty with macroscopic
simulation it that it often simplifies certain aspects of a scenario
under investigation. Non-realistic vehicle dynamics, simplified
communication models and idealistic localisation can all detract
from the credibility of evaluations carried out. While microscopic
simulation can alleviate these concerns, the computational resources
required to simulate a large scale scenario, such as a
highway, become prohibitive.
This paper demonstrates that the integration of a number
of simulation platforms can help alleviate the aforementioned
concerns. Based on this premise we present MDDSVsim, the
integration of (i) VISSIM - a microscopic simulation program
for multi-modal traffic flow modelling, (ii) Microsoft Robotics
Developer Studio (MRDS) - a robotics simulation platform, (iii)
OPNET - a discrete event simulation engine and finally (iv) The
World Model, a framework for building perception systems for
robots and intelligent vehicles.
History
Publication
First International Workshop on Vehicular Tra c Management for Smart Cities (VTM 2012);