Multi-Agent System Architecture Oriented Prometheus Methodology Design for Multi-modal Transportation

Abstract

Urban mobility is the subject of several current studies and attracts more and more researchers and industrialists. This subject has often been linked to transportation problems, particularly in terms of travel difficulties. In addition, the design of the multimodal network can be difficult to implement and decision-making is one of the major challenges of this network. The complexity of traveling in a multimodal network has necessitated the development of an intelligent solution that will facilitate decision-making and route planning. The main objective of this document is to design a multi-agent architecture using PROMETHEUS method to effectively manage the movements of travelers in a multimodal network. The proposed MAS architecture includes six types of agents: Personal Travel Agent, Information Agent, Directory Selecting Agent, Sorting Agent, Calculating Agent and Decision-Making Agent. Each Agent plays a special role in the system and acts respectively during each route planning step.