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Stochastic Navigation in Smart Cities

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  • Rubén Martín García

    (BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, Edificio I+D+i, 37008 Salamanca, Spain)

  • Francisco Prieto-Castrillo

    (BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, Edificio I+D+i, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
    Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA)

  • Gabriel Villarrubia González

    (BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, Edificio I+D+i, 37008 Salamanca, Spain)

  • Javier Prieto Tejedor

    (BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, Edificio I+D+i, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
    StageMotion, R&D Department, C/Orfebres 10, 34005 Palencia, Spain)

  • Juan Manuel Corchado

    (BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, Edificio I+D+i, 37008 Salamanca, Spain)

Abstract

In this work we show how a simple model based on chemical signaling can reduce the exploration times in urban environments. The problem is relevant for smart city navigation where electric vehicles try to find recharging stations with unknown locations. To this end we have adapted the classical ant foraging swarm algorithm to urban morphologies. A perturbed Markov chain model is shown to qualitatively reproduce the observed behaviour. This consists of perturbing the lattice random walk with a set of perturbing sources. As the number of sources increases the exploration times decrease consistently with the swarm algorithm. This model provides a better understanding of underlying process dynamics. An experimental campaign with real prototypes provided experimental validation of our models. This enables us to extrapolate conclusions to optimize electric vehicle routing in real city topologies.

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  • Rubén Martín García & Francisco Prieto-Castrillo & Gabriel Villarrubia González & Javier Prieto Tejedor & Juan Manuel Corchado, 2017. "Stochastic Navigation in Smart Cities," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-11, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:10:y:2017:i:7:p:929-:d:103630
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