Contribution to the Development of a Dynamic Circulation Map using the Multi-Agent Approach

Road traffic is considered one of the most difficult domains to manage and one of the fastgrowing networks. This environment is geographically distributed and its actors are in continuous interaction in order to be able to succeed in a realtime exchange of the variable data of the road traffic. The modeling of this complex system requires powerful tools to be able to realize precise representations of reality hence the combination of mathematical modeling tools and intelligent systems. This paper presents a model of road traffic using graphs for the representation of the road infrastructure and the multiagent technology for the management of the data representing the information circulating in the road network. This new approach aims at optimizing traffic paths, minimizing the time of a given journey and developing a dynamic traffic map that will enable the user to reach his destination by following the best possible path. Keywords—Road traffic; road traffic management systems; intelligent systems; complex systems; multi-agent systems; graphs; real-time