Difference between revisions of "CS382:Unit-traffic"
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Cons | Cons | ||
* Not much science behind this | * Not much science behind this | ||
| + | * We can't change the model and see how it affects real life | ||
Comments | Comments | ||
* Could be a good one to teach the verification and validation process | * Could be a good one to teach the verification and validation process | ||
| + | * Charlie did a class like this years ago where they did stand there and count cars and then wrote a simulation | ||
== To Do == | == To Do == | ||
Revision as of 11:41, 30 January 2009
Traffic flow modeling - This could be systems dynamics or agent-based (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_flow) and part of the Measuring the World unit. The simulation would involve modeling a section of traffic to see results of uses of traffic control devices. The validation/verification part of this could be to observe an actual section of traffic here in Richmond.
- http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/janfeb99/traffic.htm
- http://www.saturnsoftware.co.uk/
- http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=963600.963674&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=20327714&CFTOKEN=91787820
- http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18774/?a=f
Comments
Pros
- A lot of people have already researched this, and it's easy to validate by standing out and watching traffic in an intersection
- Some statistics and probability
Cons
- Not much science behind this
- We can't change the model and see how it affects real life
Comments
- Could be a good one to teach the verification and validation process
- Charlie did a class like this years ago where they did stand there and count cars and then wrote a simulation
