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by dabreegster 1734 days ago
Have you ever wondered how a traffic simulator like A/B Street works? Simulating thousands of trips through a city faster than real-time can't be done in 0.1 second increments. This article explains how to model vehicles and pedestrians using discrete event simulation instead.

This is the first deep-dive article into how A/B Street works. More coming soon!