Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
11-2011
Abstract
We consider a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) model for improving a taxi agent cruising decision in a congested urban city. Using real-world data provided by a large taxi company in Singapore as a guide, we derive the state transition function of the POMDP. Specifically, we model the cruising behavior of the drivers as continuous-time Markov chains. We then apply dynamic programming algorithm for finding the optimal policy of the driver agent. Using a simulation, we show that this policy is significantly better than a greedy policy in congested road network.
Keywords
agent application, intelligent transportation, POMDP, taxi service
Discipline
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering | Transportation
Publication
Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 10th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2011, Puebla, Mexico, November 26 - December 4: Proceedings
Volume
7094
First Page
415
Last Page
428
ISBN
9783642253249
Identifier
10.1007/978-3-642-25324-9_36
Publisher
Springer Verlag
City or Country
Berlin
Citation
AGUSSURJA, Lucas and LAU, Hoong Chuin.
A POMDP model for guiding taxi cruising in a congested urban city. (2011). Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 10th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2011, Puebla, Mexico, November 26 - December 4: Proceedings. 7094, 415-428.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1385
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Additional URL
http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25324-9_36
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