CHAPTER3. GLD AND IATRACOS
New advances in physical detection of passing road users and im-
proved traffic light control algorithms are to be combined to optimize
traffic flow in the future. Deciding the best use of these new technolo-
gies is best done by detailed simulation, to find out whether a costly
new system would be profitable when applied to a certain infrastruc-
ture. This is the purpose of the Green Light District [gld].
More information can be found at the GLD website. [gld]
3.2 iAtracos
i-Atracos stands for “Intelligent Argentinean TRAffic COntrol System”, which is
an expanded and improved version of GLD, implemented by Gaston Escobar et
al.
• Dynamic incident generation: Users can declare roads unusable with a
mouse click
• Flow traffic schedule: it is possible to run a simulation with changing spawn
frequencies by specifying intervals in an XML file.
• Simulation data sender interface: simulation data can be exported in XML
format
• Traffic interval sender interface: interface to send the SignConfig intervals.
More information can be found at the sourceforge website of this project [ea].