University of Texas Traffic Lights Report and Presentation

Learning Goal: I’m working on a computer science multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Learning Goal: I’m working on a computer science multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

a) A working product. Your system must work. Show the functionality of your system.

b) Presentation. You must present your work in the best possible way in fifteen minutes. Make

sure to rehearse your presentation many times with your teammate and be sure to define the

role of each member.

c) A formal, technical report, which must be in journal or conference format. You can choose

IEEE format. The length of the report must be a minimum of five and a maximum of 10 pages

(double space with 12 pt. font.)

Your report must contain the following sections:

1) Cover page

2) Abstract or objective (Section I)

3) Introduction and historical facts (Section II)

4) Methodology. Show your techniques, design, etc. (Section III)

5) Software Code (Sect. IV)

6) Discussions of your product achievements and the results. This is the most important

part of your report (Sect. V)

7) Future work (Sect. VI)

8) Conclusions (Sect. VII)

9) References. You must show all references in your paper to validate your work.

TRAFFIC LIGHT:

Simulate the operation of a traffic light in an intersection, as shown below

PLEASE LOOK AT THE ATTACHED FILE OF THE OPERATION OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN AN INTERSECTION

Cars arrive at random intervals and wait at the light until it’s green. The simulation should keep

track of the state of the

intersection

with a resolution of 1 second. Two variable parameters will

drive the simulation:

1. The number of seconds between the light changing (assume that it

says red and green in each direction for the same amount of time.)

2. The probability that at any given second, a new car arrives at

intersection

Assume that it takes exactly 3 seconds for each car to clear at intersection once the light turns

green. The simulation should keep track of the number of cars that pass through the intersection

and the average time that cars wait. Graph these two variables across a range of timing

variables.

Keep a queue for each direction for entering the intersection and add a car to the appropriate

queue when it reaches the intersection.

Note: The way the simulation is set up you do not really need to keep a queue , just a count.

Modify the problem as follow:

1) Create three types of vehicles, say, cars, buses, and trucks. The relative probabilities and

time taken to pass through the intersection should be different for each vehicle type.

2) Allow some percentage of the vehicles to turn left-turning vehicles block the line until the

light changes, if there’s traffic in the opposite direction .