Social information use is common in a wide range of group-living animals, notably in humans. The role it plays in decision-making could be a key to understanding how social groups make collective decisions. The observation of road-crossing behaviours in the presence of other individuals is an ideal means to study the influence of social information on decision-making. This study investigated th...

Traffic jam in Malaysia is a huge and complicated problem nowadays, due to the rapid increase in the demand for transportation. This causes a longer vehicle travel times, increased energy consumption, growing environmental pollution, reduced traffic safety, and a decrease in the efficiency of transportation infrastructure. Hence, controlling the flow of traffic has become a very important issue...

This paper presents a solution on the optimization of traffic lights cycle depending on the timeframe by developing a mathematical model. Based on the analysis and processing of data obtained from a traffic lights intersection with intense traffic in Sibiu, was developed a mathematical model that allows an algorithmic approach to programming sequences for ensuring a smooth traffic. The article ...

Road crossings across two or more lanes in one direction are particularly dangerous due to limited sight distance and high vehicle speeds. To improve their safety, road authorities should provide safety treatments. These may include additional measures reduce speed narrow the cross-section introduction of active pedestrian crossings. Equipped with flashing lights activated automatically when a ...

Using mathematical simulation, distribution of concentration of harmful substances NOx at Rustavely Avenue, the crossroad of David Agmashenebeli and King Tamar Avenue, where traffic is congested, and for the whole territory adjoined to the crossroad have been studied. In addition, there have been investigated influences of traffic-lights at streets' intersections on the growth of concentration ...

Traffic is a problem in many urban areas worldwide. Traffic flow is dictated by certain devices such as traffic lights. The traffic lights signal when each lane is able to pass through the intersection. Often, static schedules interfere with ideal traffic flow. The purpose of this project was to find a way to make intersections controlled with traffic lights more efficient. This goal was accomp...

While traffic signals are necessary to safely control competing flows of traffic, they inevitably enforce a stop-and-go movement pattern that increases fuel consumption, reduces traffic flow and causes traffic jams. These side effects can be alleviated by providing drivers and their onboard computational devices (e.g., vehicle computer, smartphone) with information about the schedule of the tra...

In this paper we propose a multi-agent approach for traffic-light control. According to this approach, our system consists of agents and their world. In this context, the world consists of cars, road networks, traffic lights, etc. Each of these agents controls all traffic lights at one road junction by an observe-think-act cycle. That is, each agent repeatedly observes the current traffic condi...

Previous studies have indicated more birds collide with communication towers equipped with red warning lights than with towers equipped with lights of shorter wavelengths. We used the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s National Wildlife Strike Database to determine if a similar relationship exists for turbine-powered jet aircraft with 2 underwingor fuselage-mounted engines and bird strikes....