An Agent-Based Micro-Simulator for ITS

In this paper we present MATISSE 3.0, a microscopic simulator for the simulation of Agent-based intelligent Transportation Systems (ATS). In MATISSE, vehicles and intersection controllers are modeled as virtual agents which perceive their surroundings through various sensors. ATS-enabled vehicles and controllers interact with one another through V2X and I2I communication mechanisms. We discuss the limitations of well-known microscopic simulators and present the features that allow MATISSE to simulate realistic ATS scenarios.