Context-Aware Services Using MANETs for Long-Distance Vehicular Systems: A Cognitive Agent-Based Model

Table 1

Notations and variables used for the representation of transport systems.

Entities	States	Definitions
Variables	Vehicle index	v=1, 2, 3, …N
	Checkpoint index	cps=1, 2, 3, …C
	Time target at the checkpoint for vehicle	TCP [v, cps]
	Total travel time	TotalTime[v]
	Travel time (on-road)	TravelTime[v]
	Time spent at rest	RestTime[v]
	Wasted time (no travel)	RPMT[v]
	Current speed of vehicle	VS[v]
	Minimum speed	VSmin[v]
	Maximum speed	VSmax[v]
	Efficient speed	VSe[v]
	State	State[v]
Stochastic variables	Time window	[ΔT, TotalTime]
	Condition of vehicle	Cond[v]
	Congested cps	Cong[cps]
	Rest choice	Rest [v, cps]