Transportation Mode Selection Using Reinforcement Learning in Simulation of Urban Mobility


Tas M. B. H., ÖZKAN K., Saricicek I., YAZICI A.

APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, cilt.15, sa.2, 2025 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3390/app15020806
  • Dergi Adı: APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Communication Abstracts, INSPEC, Metadex, Directory of Open Access Journals, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Transportation mode selection is pivotal for navigating through cities plagued by heavy traffic congestion. This plays a crucial role in ensuring the efficient utilization of time and resources to achieve the desired objectives. Given the complex dynamics of urban mobility, strategically selecting a transportation mode can significantly mitigate delays and enhance overall productivity in densely populated areas. The objective of this study is to find the most efficient result among various transportation modes to make deliveries from different points on a university campus. To solve this problem, reinforcement learning was used and tested on the simulation environment SUMO. Traffic density was increased by using an equal number of different transportation modes, such as driving, cycling, motorbiking, and walking. Various traffic densities were generated, and different reward models were applied to select the best means of transportation. Various probability distributions were used as reward models to avoid the unfair distribution caused by how near or how far the road is when moving from random points to the destination region. As a result of the models created using the applied reward-penalty functions, it was determined that the best means of transportation in areas with a low traffic density is cycling, and in areas with high traffic density, the optimal mode of transportation is motorbiking.