PROJECT TITLE :

Swarm model for cooperative multi-vehicle mobility with inter-vehicle communications

ABSTRACT:

A novel model is proposed to formulate the mobility of multiple vehicles with inter-communications moving together as a swarm. This model is inspired by the combination motion of social force, and is used to describe the self-organised behaviour of the vehicle swarm in vehicular ad hoc networks. To validate and analyse the proposed model, some simulations are performed in several traffic situations, such as the low traffic density with high mobility and therefore the high traffic density with low mobility. 2 comparative simulation cases also are provided to explore the impact of vehicular communications on the mobility of multiple vehicles. The simulation results prove that the model will well formulate the cooperative behaviours of multiple vehicles with vehicle-to-vehicle communications in inter-vehicle collision avoidance and obstacle-avoidance situations, and these results also strengthen that the inter-vehicular communications will enhance the vehicle safety and traffic potency.