Framework Model in Anylogic for Smart City Ring Road Management

A city ring road with the parameters of a highway forms a part of the infrastructure of a modern city. The introduction of automated highway management to the city ring road moves it towards a smart city. This paper presents the framework model which was created with the aim of developing an agent-based control within the highway management in the future. The model was created in the multi-method simulation tool Anylogic since it allows the testing of both traditional rule-based algorithms and agent-based control. It is universal enough, thus, it can be used to compare different approaches to highway management. In this paper, a literature review focusing on the Multi-Agent Systems and their application in traffic and transportation is performed. Based on the above mentioned review, a system architecture for agent-based traffic control is proposed and the framework model is described.