Autonomy and connectivity are considered among the most promising technologies to
improve safety, mobility, fuel and time consumption in transportation systems. Some of the …

Abstract Electric Vehicles (EVs) are considered an efficient alternative to internal combustion
engined ones, aiming to reduce global CO 2 emissions. In the last years, EVs are entering …

Testing algorithms with real cars is a mandatory step in developing new intelligent abilities
for future transportation systems. However, this step is sometimes hard to accomplish …

Vehicle platoon approaches found in literature deal generally with column formations
adapted to urban or highway transportation systems. This paper presents an approach in …

Simulation, which creates abstractions of the system is an appropriate approach for studying
complex systems that are inaccessible through direct observation and measurement. Many …

Reactive multi‐agent systems are increasingly applied to problem solving, modelling and
simulation. Among the benefits of this approach, there is the capability to solve complex …

This paper addresses platooning navigation as part of new transportation services emerging
nowadays in urban areas. Platooning formation is ensured using a global decentralized …

This paper presents a reactive multi agent approach to the platoon control problem for the
linear configuration. Platoon is a train of vehicles composed of a head vehicle and a variable …

Autonomous cars have become a reality due to breakthroughs in technology enablers such
as embedded computing systems and artificial intelligence. Automated platooning, which …

This paper presents a methodology for the verification of reactive multi-agent systems
(RMAS). High level of confidence about a safe operation is a mandatory in many reactive …