A communications-oriented perspective on traffic management systems for smart cities: Challenges and innovative approaches

S Djahel, R Doolan, GM Muntean… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The growing size of cities and increasing population mobility have determined a rapid
increase in the number of vehicles on the roads, which has resulted in many challenges for …

Clustering, routing, scheduling, and challenges in bio-inspired parameter tuning of vehicular ad hoc networks for environmental sustainability

CJ Joshua, P Jayachandran, AQ Md, AK Sivaraman… - Sustainability, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are wireless networks of automotive nodes. Among the
strategies used in VANETs to increase network connectivity are broadcast scheduling, data …

Next road rerouting: A multiagent system for mitigating unexpected urban traffic congestion

S Wang, S Djahel, Z Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During peak hours in urban areas, unpredictable traffic congestion caused by en route
events (eg, vehicle crashes) increases drivers' travel time and, more seriously, decreases …

Cyber physical and social networks in IoV (CPSN-IoV): A multimodal architecture in edge-based networks for optimal route selection using 5G technologies

A Arooj, MS Farooq, T Umer, G Rasool, B Wang - IEEE Access, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Humans are blessed with the intelligence to create links, develop semantic metaphors and
models for reasoning; construct rules for decision making; and to form bounded loops for …

A multi-agent based vehicles re-routing system for unexpected traffic congestion avoidance

S Wang, S Djahel, J McManis - 17th International IEEE …, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As urbanization has been spreading across the world for decades, the traffic congestion
problem becomes increasingly serious in most of the major cities. Among the root causes of …

Vanet-enabled eco-friendly road characteristics-aware routing for vehicular traffic

R Doolan, GM Muntean - 2013 IEEE 77th vehicular technology …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The lack of significant breakthroughs in terms of alternative energy sources has caused both
fuel consumption and gas emissions to constantly increase. In this context, improving fuel …

Centralized simulated annealing for alleviating vehicular congestion in smart cities

HM Amer, H Al-Kashoash, M Hawes, M Chaqfeh… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Vehicular traffic congestion is a serious problem arising in many cities around the world, due
to the increasing number of vehicles utilizing roads of a limited capacity. Often the …

To re-route, or not to re-route: Impact of real-time re-routing in urban road networks

AM Falek, A Gallais, C Pelsser, S Julien… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Route planning represents a major challenge with a substantial impact on safety, economy,
and even climate. An ever-growing urban population caused a significant increase in …

An optimization framework for routing protocols in VANETs: A multi-objective firefly algorithm approach

CJ Joshua, V Varadarajan - Wireless Networks, 2021‏ - Springer
With Automobiles becoming the main form of transportation adopted in all parts of the world,
it has become a necessity to develop useful applications providing safety and entertainment …

An improved simulated annealing technique for enhanced mobility in smart cities

H Amer, N Salman, M Hawes, M Chaqfeh, L Mihaylova… - Sensors, 2016‏ - mdpi.com
Vehicular traffic congestion is a significant problem that arises in many cities. This is due to
the increasing number of vehicles that are driving on city roads of limited capacity. The …