Towards Exploration of Social in Social Internet of Vehicles Using an Agent-Based Simulation

Figure 10

Phase shift analysis example, for , resources = 15. Each graph above shows a time-series plot of 800 hours. Quality index is shown using green line. The SDU is shown using red points, and quality index is shown through bars fillings in black. The column one (left) shows the simulation view and the column two (right) shows the graph at that time. The top row shows many resources (blue boxes) been utilized by users and its corresponding position in the graph. The size of the box corresponds to the number of users. The middle row shows that all of a sudden the resources are reduced, which turns out to be a tipping point. The things get smoother after second tipping point (the bottom row). Interactions between users are also evident in all three simulation views.