摘要 |
A collision prediction apparatus 10, the apparatus comprising a simulator 14; the simulator being configured to execute an iterative agent-based simulation in which, in each iteration: a subject agent representing a travelling party (e.g. pedestrian, motor vehicles, bicycle) travels from an end of a simulation environment representing a thoroughfare toward another end; one or more further agents representing vehicles interact with the subject agent, the simulator being configured to categorise the outcome of each interaction as either a collision or not a collision; the iteration being complete when the subject agent either reaches the another end, or is involved in an interaction of which the outcome is categorised as a collision; the simulator being configured to record and output a collision rate value representing a number of interactions in which the outcome is categorised as a collision per iteration. The apparatus may be configured to use real-time data provided by a monitoring module 20 representing the traffic on a particular section of road in the real-world domain. The apparatus may generate an output alert which may cause a signage located on a road to display a warning or a warning may be generated within a vehicle. |