TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL IN GLASGOW BY COMPUTER
THE ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY IS USING A MARCONI MYRIAD DIGITAL COMPUTER TO CONTROL 81 TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE CENTER OF GLASGOW. THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM 'MONITOR' WAS DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION AND A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF IT IS GIVEN. BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME OF THE TYPES OF OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT BY OTHER ROUTINES ARE ALSO GIVEN. ALL PROGRAMS WERE WRITTEN IN SYMBOLIC ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE. THE PAPER DESCRIBES SOME OF THE METHODS USED TO TEST THE PROGRAM, INCUDING HARDWARE DEVICES WHICH HAVE PROVED USEFUL, SOME GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE METHODS ADOPTED ARE GIVEN. /RRL/A/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Rrl Rpt Lr 262, 17 PP, 4 FIG, 1 PHOT
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Corporate Authors:
Road Research Laboratory /UK
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Authors:
- Woolcock, M
- Publication Date: 1969
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computer programs; Digital computers; Testing; Traffic control; Traffic signals
- Uncontrolled Terms: Hardware
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225306
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 19 1970 12:00AM