title: Ontology-Based Architecture for Intelligent Transportation Systems Using a Traffic Sensor Network.
abstract: Intelligent transportation systems are a set of technological solutions used to improve the performance and safety of road transportation. A crucial element for the success of these systems is the exchange of information, not only between vehicles, but also among other components in the road infrastructure through different applications. One of the most important information sources in this kind of systems is sensors. Sensors can be within vehicles or as part of the infrastructure, such as bridges, roads or traffic signs. Sensors can provide information related to weather conditions and traffic situation, which is useful to improve the driving process. To facilitate the exchange of information between the different applications that use sensor data, a common framework of knowledge is needed to allow interoperability. In this paper an ontology-driven architecture to improve the driving environment through a traffic sensor network is proposed. The system performs different tasks automatically to increase driver safety and comfort using the information provided by the sensors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-0054, Japan. susel.fernandez@uah.es.|Department of Computing Engineering, University of Alcala, Madrid 28805, Spain. susel.fernandez@uah.es.
authors.forename: Susel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-0054, Japan. rafik@itolab.nitech.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Rafik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hadfi
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-0054, Japan. ito.takayuki@nitech.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Department of Computing Engineering, University of Alcala, Madrid 28805, Spain. ivan.marsa@uah.es.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marsa-Maestre
authors.affiliation: Department of Computing Engineering, University of Alcala, Madrid 28805, Spain. juanramon.velasco@uah.es.
authors.forename: Juan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Velasco
keywords: agents; intelligent transportation systems; ontology; reasoning; sensor networks