Hierarchical routing in traffic networks
Bogdan Tatomir, Henrik Dibowski, Léon J. M. Rothkrantz · 2005
In this paper the design of a dynamic Routing system, called Hierar- chical routing system, has been developed. It splits traffic networks into several smaller and less complex networks by introducing a hierarchy. The Hierarchical routing system therefore consists of several distributed Routing systems where each of it is responsible for one network of the hierarchical network. The route optimization is done with an adapted version of the AntNet-algorithm, a decentralized routing algorithm, which uses intelligent agents that explore the network and find the shortest routes in time. This algorithm was derived from the behaviour of ants in nature.