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InterSCSimulator: Large-Scale Traffic Simulation in Smart Cities Using Erlang

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Author(s):
Zambom Santana, Eduardo Felipe ; Lago, Nelson ; Kon, Fabio ; Milojicic, Dejan S. ; Dimuro, GP ; Antunes, L
Total Authors: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: MULTI-AGENT BASED SIMULATION XVIII, MABS 2017; v. 10798, p. 17-pg., 2018-01-01.
Abstract

Large cities around the world face numerous challenges to guarantee the quality of life of its citizens. A promising approach to cope with these problems is the concept of Smart Cities, of which the main idea is the use of Information and Communication Technologies to improve city services. Being able to simulate the execution of Smart Cities scenarios would be extremely beneficial for the advancement of the field. Such a simulator, like many others, would need to represent a large number of various agents (e.g. cars, hospitals, and gas pipelines). One possible approach for doing this in a computer system is to use the actor model as a programming paradigm so that each agent corresponds to an actor. The Erlang programming language is based on the actor model and is the most commonly used implementation of it. In this paper, we present the first version of InterSCSimulator, an open-source, extensible, large-scale Traffic Simulator for Smart Cities developed in Erlang, capable of simulating millions of agents using a real map of a large city. Future versions will be extended to address other Smart City domains. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/50937-1 - INCT 2014: on the Internet of the Future
Grantee:Fabio Kon
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants