Hello
Francis,
I hope
that not ervery seminar will happen on friday evening, because every friday
evening, I'm occupied....
Greetings.
Julien.
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Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Namens Francis Heylighen
Verzonden: maandag 24 januari 2005 16:42
Aan: evolcomp@listserv.vub.ac.be
Onderwerp: [ECCO] ECCO Seminar: Self-organizing Traffic LightsYou are hereby invited to our first "Evolution, Complexity and Cognition (ECCO)" seminar of 2005:"Self-organizing traffic lights" by Carlos Gershenson (ECCO/CLEA, VUB)The seminar will take place in room 3C204 (building C, 3rd floor) on the VUB campus Oefenplein, this week Friday, Jan. 28, at 17:30 h.Abstract:Steering traffic in cities is a very complex task, since improving
efficiency involves the coordination of many actors. Traditional
approaches attempt to optimize traffic lights for a particular density
and configuration of traffic. The disadvantage of this lies in the
fact that traffic configurations change constantly. Traffic seems to
be an adaptation problem rather than an optimization problem. We
propose a simple and feasible alternative, in which traffic lights
self-organize to improve traffic flow. We use a multi-agent simulation
to study three self-organizing methods, which are able to outperform
traditional rigid and adaptive methods. Using simple rules and no
direct communication, traffic lights are able to self-organize and
adapt to changing traffic conditions, reducing waiting times, stoppedcars, and increasing average speeds.More info and simulation at: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/sos/index.html#sotl------More info on the "Evolution, Complexity and Cognition (ECCO)" research group:http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ECCO/--
Francis Heylighen
"Evolution, Complexity and Cognition" research group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
