README.md

Traffic Simulator

A program to simulate simpleton traffic on the terminal or using a GUI API (OpenGL).

Configuration File

It takes in a configuration file and processes it to output various simulation results. The format of configuration file is as followed

• Road Features
  • This includes four road parameters, namely, length, height, signal-position and ID
• Default Parameters
  • These include the default acceleration and velocity.
• Vehicle Categories
  • Here features of vehicles are defined.
  • These vehicles are called later during the simulation.
• Time commands
  • This is the main simulation. It controls the inflow of vehicles and handling of traffic lights.
  • It has three keywords
    • START - To commence the simulation
    • END - To end the simulation
    • Pass - To leap through time in the simulation

Compiling Instructions

Two formats are provided to run the code.

• Terminal Mode

  In this case the simulation is output on the terminal. The code is contained in the folder tmnl.

  Compiling : cd tmnl && make

  Running : ./terminal -in <infile> [-out <outfile>] [-lapse <sleeptime>]

• Animation Mode

  In this case the simulation is output using the OpenGL API. The code is contained in the folder gl.

  Compiling : cd gl && make

  Running : ./opengl -in <infile> [-d <time_diff>]

• AUTO Mode This case is similar to above, except for state transitions/vehicle-entry is determined by the user input from the keyboard. The configuration file for this case remains the same without the Time Commands.

  Compiling : cd gl && make auto

  Running : ./auto -in <infile> [-d <time_diff>]

  Also, during the simulation the up and down keys can be used to adjust simulation speed.