Coordination in multi-agent systems is a very important problem. Coordination represents the mechanism through which the behavior each agent in the system contributes to reaching the global system goal. This article proposes a real-time strategy for control traffic application. The goal of the coordination strategy proposed is to realize the control of cars from a distribution company for vario...

Populational growth increases the number of cars and makes transport infrastructure increasingly saturated. The control traffic lights by intelligent software is a promising way to solve problem caused this situation. This article addresses that occurs in urban traffic. An agent-based simulation an system proposed. solution offered as agents alleviate congestion at given location. Each agent co...

In this paper we propose a multi-agent approach for traffic-light control. According to this approach, our system consists of agents and their world. In this context, the world consists of cars, road networks, traffic lights, etc. Each of these agents controls all traffic lights at one road junction by an observe-think-act cycle. That is, each agent repeatedly observes the current traffic condi...

We compare the energy efficiency of hybrid and fuel cell vehicles as well as conventional internal combustion engines. Our analysis indicates that fuel cell vehicles using hydrogen from fossil fuels offer no significant energy efficiency advantage over hybrid vehicles operating in an urban drive cycle. We conclude that priority should be placed on hybrid vehicles by industry and government.

background symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (asd) are commonly observed in children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd). these symptoms might underlie social and functional impairment in such children. the existing classification systems do not allow for diagnosing both conditions in children. objectives this study aimed to assess the presence of asd in a hospita...

We describe an architectural approach to autonomous systems that not only provides generality and verifiability, but also flexibility through self-awareness and self-reconfiguration. This is an agent-based approach where the core rational agent oversees a range of feedback control systems (within a modular architecture) handling adaptive interaction with the system’s environment. The rational a...

T history of automobiles is inextricable from the story of one of the most pervasive toxic chemical exposures in modern human history. Globally, billions of people were poisoned by lead (Pb) between 1921, when General Motors Corporation introduced tetraethyl lead as an antiknock agent in gasoline-powered cars, until 2015, when leaded gasoline was scheduled to be phased out in Algeria, the last ...