The Urban Traffic Simulator is an agent-based model developed in the Unity platform. The model allows the user to simulate several autonomous vehicles (AVs) and tune granular parameters such as vehicle downforce, adherence to speed limits, top speed in mph and mass. The model allows researchers to tune these parameters, run the simulator for a given period and export data from the model for analysis (an example is provided in Jupyter Notebook).
The data the model is currently able to output are the following:
NOTE! The simulation requires an adequate computer to run; as the number of agents increases, the computational complexity gets severe.
The Urban Traffic Simulator was developed in Unity 2019.3.03. The core model only requires Unity version 2019.3.03+ and the source code in the Assets folder to deploy. Unity can be downloaded here: https://unity3d.com/get-unity/download.
The following features are available:
- The simulator can run 1 to 500 autonomous vehicles in 3D space that applies physics laws.
- A menu UI is present, which allows the parameters to be tuned; these include the number of vehicles, maximum mass, maximum downforce, traction control.
- The output data is exported to a directory provided by the user post model run. These data include the current speed of vehicles in mph, velocity magnitude, top speed in mph, and distance travelled in meters.
- A Jupyter Notebook is provided, which runs some data analysis on data produced by the model for two example scenarios.
- N number of vehicles can be set NOT to adhere to speed limits. This allows the user to compare scenarios where vehicles may drive faster than other vehicles. The subsequent impact of these vehicles can be observed regarding congestion, energy expenditure, and pollution. Congestion will likely occur in the Urban Street Network if most vehicles do NOT adhere to speed limits as vehicles can collide at intersections, preventing other vehicles from continuing their journey.
Version | Submitter | First published | Last modified | Status |
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1.1.0 | Sedar Olmez | Mon Mar 22 15:38:03 2021 | Mon Mar 22 15:38:03 2021 | Published |
1.0.0 | Sedar Olmez | Fri Jan 22 10:49:44 2021 | Fri Jan 22 10:49:44 2021 | Published |