ProCon Computer Modelling

Consider a road system, with moving vehicles of various types, junctions, traffic lights
and roadworks. Together these make a complex system with many interacting elements.

The ProGress Model represents such a system. What is it for and who could use it ?

Overview	Selecting a Junction
Using such a model a user can study any road system to analyse the 'what-if' questions. What if we change the schedule of the lights at a junction, do we get longer or shorter queues ? What if we install traffic lights at a cross-roads, do we getter better overall flow ? What if we have road-works at a specified point, will we get a grid-lock at a nearby junction ?
Junction	Roadworks with Control Lights
A user could be a local government planning department considering a new development, a contracting company planning to bid for a road-works contract or an agency tasked with comparing competing bids.
Cross-roads with Traffic Lights	Cross-roads without Traffic Lights

The user can control the graphics display size, speed and centre or, running without graphics, can simulate many hours of traffic in a few minutes and collect the statistics decribing the flow.

What other civilian applications are there for such techniques and models ?

Any transport system or network, manufacturing production lines, distribution systems,
hospital, hotel or college resource optimisation, car park design ..........

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