A dynamic junction traffic lights simulation

Abstract

The project involved development of a dynamic traffic simulation system, which demonstrates a junction with dynamic traffic light system, with a mechanism that allocates appropriate time intervals to lanes basing on car density. Methodologies used to capture and analyze data included Systems Study and system Investigation. Techniques used were interviews, observation and documentation study. Results of data interpretation and analysis clearly indicated what the new system design would be composed of. This provided good understanding of the necessary requirements that were implemented in the design of the new system. The implementation was entirely in java language. DJTLS consists of seven classes namely: Junction, Dispatcher, Car, TrafficLight, DrawPanel, OutputStatistics and ClockTimerpanel with two subclasses namely: Check and node. General understanding of how these classes inter relate is represented using UML Class Diagram and Class Diagram. System testing was carried in two phases, Unit Testing and Integration Testing.