Colburn-RS
Colburn is a simple Road Simulator, modeling traffic along a motorway or highway.
The program was originally written to prove that widening roads with additional lanes has less effect on reducing traffic congestion than teaching drivers better lane discipline.
The simulator has several traffic parameters, including the rate at which vehicles enter and leave at each particular junction and the overall weight of traffic on the road.
Each driver can be configured to vary; their average speed & speed fluctuation on the open road; the time it takes to move over after overtaking; protocols for overtaking other vehicles; their protocol for exiting the motorway at their destination junction.
The program was originally written to prove that widening roads with additional lanes has less effect on reducing traffic congestion than teaching drivers better lane discipline.
The simulator has several traffic parameters, including the rate at which vehicles enter and leave at each particular junction and the overall weight of traffic on the road.
Each driver can be configured to vary; their average speed & speed fluctuation on the open road; the time it takes to move over after overtaking; protocols for overtaking other vehicles; their protocol for exiting the motorway at their destination junction.
Colburn was originally written in Matlab back in 1998/1999.
Due to the load on the Matlab interpreter, further development was suspended in favour of re-writing the simulator in a faster language.
Colburn is firmly on the back-burner until other projects are completed.
Due to the load on the Matlab interpreter, further development was suspended in favour of re-writing the simulator in a faster language.
Colburn is firmly on the back-burner until other projects are completed.