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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author | Cesar Leonardo González 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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