Systematic design of crosslinked mechatronic systems, exemplified by a decentralized intersection management

In this paper we present an approach to a decentralized intersection management which will not require much additional infrastructure at the intersection and which can operate in today's traffic so as to increase safety and to avoid congestion. For online optimization purposes which are required to avoid collisions, reduce fuel consumption or enhance traffic throughput, we use workflow processes to prepare available and proven optimization methods so as to configure and run them in an automated manner. Simulation results will prove the efficiency of the strategy.