Hierarchical Backcloth—Traffic Simulation

J H Johnson
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J H Johnson: Centre for Configurational Studies, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, England

Environment and Planning B, 1986, vol. 13, issue 4, 415-436

Abstract: The methodology of Q -analysis is motivated by the need for understanding and control in the planning and design of complex human—physical systems. It is based on a fundamental distinction between relational structure (backcloth) and dynamic system behaviour represented by numerical functions defined on that structure (traffic). A dynamic computer simulation of road-traffic systems is described in the context of a new hierarchical representation. This is intended as a research tool for investigating backcloth—traffic mechanisms in a controlled laboratory environment.

Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1068/b130415

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