?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Towards+Participatory+Design+of+Multi-agent+Approach+to+Transport+Demands&rft.creator=Chen%2C+Yee+Ming+&rft.creator=Wang%2C+Bo-Yuan+&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=The+design+of+multi-agent+based+simulations+(MABS)+is+up+to+now+mainly+done+in+laboratories+and+based+on+designers+understanding+of+the+activities+to+be+simulated.+Domain+experts+have+little+chance+to+directly+validate+agent+behaviors.+To+fill+this+gap%2C+we+are+investigating+participatory+methods+of+design%2C+which+allow+users+to+participate+in+the+design+the+pickup+and+delivery+problem+(PDP)+in+the+taxi+planning+problem.+In+this+paper%2C+we+present+a+participatory+process+for+designing+new+socio-technical+architectures+to+afford+the+taxi+dispatch+for+this+transportation+system.+The+proposed+dispatch+architecture+attempts+to+increase+passenger+satisfaction+more+globally%2C+by+concurrently+dispatching+multiple+taxis+to+the+same+number+of+passengers+in+the+same+geographical+region%2C+and+vis-a-vis+human+driver+and+dispatcher+satisfaction.&rft.publisher=International+Journal+of+Computer+Science+Issues%2C+IJCSI&rft.date=2009-09&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6707%2F1%2F4-1-10-15.pdf&rft.identifier=++Chen%2C+Yee+Ming++and+Wang%2C+Bo-Yuan+++(2009)+Towards+Participatory+Design+of+Multi-agent+Approach+to+Transport+Demands.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6707%2F