Toward Autonomous and Distributed Intersection Management with Emergency Vehicles

Numerous approaches have attempted to develop systems that more appropriately manage street crossings in cities in recent years. Solutions range from intelligent traffic lights to complex, centralized protocols that evaluate the policies that vehicles must comply with at intersections. Such works at...

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Main Authors: Cesar Leonardo González, Santiago L. Delgado, Juan M. Alberola, Luis Fernando Niño, Vicente Julián
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Electronics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/7/1089
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author Cesar Leonardo González
Santiago L. Delgado
Juan M. Alberola
Luis Fernando Niño
Vicente Julián
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Santiago L. Delgado
Juan M. Alberola
Luis Fernando Niño
Vicente Julián
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description Numerous approaches have attempted to develop systems that more appropriately manage street crossings in cities in recent years. Solutions range from intelligent traffic lights to complex, centralized protocols that evaluate the policies that vehicles must comply with at intersections. Such works attempt to provide traffic-control strategies at intersections where the complexity of a dynamic environment, with vehicles crossing in different directions and multiple conflict points, pose a significant challenge for city traffic optimization. Traditionally, a traffic-control system at an intersection gives the green light to one lane while keeping the other lanes on red. But there may be situations in which there are different levels of vehicle priority; for example, emergency vehicles may have priority at intersections. Thus, this work proposes a distributed junction-management protocol that pays special attention to emergency vehicles. The proposed algorithm implements rules based on the distributed intersection management (DIM) protocol; such rules are used by vehicles while negotiating their crossing through the intersection. The proposal also seeks to affect the traffic flow of non-priority vehicles minimally. An evaluation and comparison of the proposed algorithm are presented in the paper.
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spelling doaj.art-5bc173091e8d4167aad9f44ac32e10772023-11-30T23:07:14ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922022-03-01117108910.3390/electronics11071089Toward Autonomous and Distributed Intersection Management with Emergency VehiclesCesar Leonardo González0Santiago L. Delgado1Juan M. Alberola2Luis Fernando Niño3Vicente Julián4Valencian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (VRAIN), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas e Industrial, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota 111321, ColombiaValencian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (VRAIN), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas e Industrial, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota 111321, ColombiaValencian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (VRAIN), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, SpainNumerous approaches have attempted to develop systems that more appropriately manage street crossings in cities in recent years. Solutions range from intelligent traffic lights to complex, centralized protocols that evaluate the policies that vehicles must comply with at intersections. Such works attempt to provide traffic-control strategies at intersections where the complexity of a dynamic environment, with vehicles crossing in different directions and multiple conflict points, pose a significant challenge for city traffic optimization. Traditionally, a traffic-control system at an intersection gives the green light to one lane while keeping the other lanes on red. But there may be situations in which there are different levels of vehicle priority; for example, emergency vehicles may have priority at intersections. Thus, this work proposes a distributed junction-management protocol that pays special attention to emergency vehicles. The proposed algorithm implements rules based on the distributed intersection management (DIM) protocol; such rules are used by vehicles while negotiating their crossing through the intersection. The proposal also seeks to affect the traffic flow of non-priority vehicles minimally. An evaluation and comparison of the proposed algorithm are presented in the paper.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/7/1089autonomous distributed intersection managementemergency vehiclevehicle coordination
spellingShingle Cesar Leonardo González
Santiago L. Delgado
Juan M. Alberola
Luis Fernando Niño
Vicente Julián
Toward Autonomous and Distributed Intersection Management with Emergency Vehicles
Electronics
autonomous distributed intersection management
emergency vehicle
vehicle coordination
title Toward Autonomous and Distributed Intersection Management with Emergency Vehicles
title_full Toward Autonomous and Distributed Intersection Management with Emergency Vehicles
title_fullStr Toward Autonomous and Distributed Intersection Management with Emergency Vehicles
title_full_unstemmed Toward Autonomous and Distributed Intersection Management with Emergency Vehicles
title_short Toward Autonomous and Distributed Intersection Management with Emergency Vehicles
title_sort toward autonomous and distributed intersection management with emergency vehicles
topic autonomous distributed intersection management
emergency vehicle
vehicle coordination
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/7/1089
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