Ad Hoc Networks. 6th International ICST Conference, ADHOCNETS 2014, Rhodes, Greece, August 18-19, 2014, Revised Selected Papers

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Intelligent Transportation Systems – Maybe, But Where Are My Agents?

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-13329-4_4,
        author={Thierry Delot and Sergio Ilarri and Mar\^{\i}a Carmen Rodr\^{\i}guez-Hern\^{a}ndez},
        title={Intelligent Transportation Systems -- Maybe, But Where Are My Agents?},
        proceedings={Ad Hoc Networks. 6th International ICST Conference, ADHOCNETS 2014, Rhodes, Greece, August 18-19, 2014, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={ADHOCNETS},
        year={2014},
        month={11},
        keywords={Intelligent Transportation Systems Vehicular networks VANETs Software agents Mobile agents},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-319-13329-4_4}
    }
    
  • Thierry Delot
    Sergio Ilarri
    María Carmen Rodríguez-Hernández
    Year: 2014
    Intelligent Transportation Systems – Maybe, But Where Are My Agents?
    ADHOCNETS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13329-4_4
Thierry Delot1,*, Sergio Ilarri2,*, María Carmen Rodríguez-Hernández2,*
  • 1: University of Valenciennes
  • 2: University of Zaragoza
*Contact email: tdelot@univ-valenciennes.fr, silarri@unizar.es, 692383@unizar.es

Abstract

Significant advances in wireless communication technologies and mobile devices have led to their widespread use. For example, the so-called Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), which encompass a wide range of advanced applications for transportation, have attracted a lot of attention. In this context, one could think that software agents, which can have properties such as intelligence and autonomy, are expected to play a key role. But is this the case? Are they being used in work related to ITS and/or vehicular networks? Could they really provide benefits? In this paper, we analyze the state of the art and draw some conclusions about the potential interest of mixing these two fields.