traffic_simulation


traffic_simulation, a MATLAB code which simulates the way cars must wait at a traffic light.

The user can only input the number of 10-second time periods to be simulated.

The code operates with the following internal parameters:

Usage:

traffic_simulation ( n )
where

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

traffic_simulation is available in a MATLAB version.

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Reference:

  1. Brian Hahn, Dan Valentine,
    Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists,
    Academic Press, 2009,
    ISBN13: 978-0123748836,
    LC: TA345.V34.

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Last revised on 04 April 2019.