A
talented band of coders in St. Petersburg, Russia has put together a
nifty simulation modeling application written in Java. Anylogic™ "supports virtually all existing
approaches to discrete event and continuous modeling, such as process
flow diagrams, system dynamics, agent-based modeling, state charts,
equation systems, etc. With this incredibly rich toolset you are not
limited with the technology anymore – analyze the problem, identify the
best approach, and find the solution!"
The
package is relatively affordable, especially if one can qualify for the
educational discount. It could make for a handy tool to model
and/or illustrate a variety of dynamic aspects in an urban setting --
ambulance response time, crowd movement during an anti-war
demonstration.
Today, too, the roll-out of the LA Times re-designed web site includes an intuitive interactive map of freeway traffic flow
-- real time -- of the greater LA basin. Perhaps some
enterprising news organization will figure out a way to tie these maps
from SigAlert into the dashboard-mounted GPS navigation devices. Or will SigAlert itself deliver those goods?
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Wednesday, May 11
AnyLogic: Tool-of-the-Week
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JTJ
on Wed 11 May 2005 10:33 PM MDT
Diggin' into applied technology transfer
by
JTJ
on Wed 11 May 2005 02:24 AM MDT
The IAJ is always interested in people who are applying
methods and technologies in some totally unanticipated manner. The current issue of WIRED magazine carries a short about
archeologists in Mexico using sophisticated technology developed by physicists
to learn more about one of that nation's major pre-Columbia pyramids. "Cosmic Secrets of the Pyramids" reports: "...They're peering into the pyramid with muons,
subatomic particles created when cosmic rays hit Earth's atmosphere. Traveling
at nearly the speed of light, muons have enormous penetrating power - able to
pierce half a mile of solid rock. (Researchers are using them to map lava tubes
in active volcanoes and to try to find nuclear contraband in shipping
containers.) Physicists with the National Autonomous University of Mexico are
using muon density levels to scan Teotihuacán for cavities, perhaps the tombs
of the mysterious civilization's rulers. Preliminary experiments suggest their
detectors can find voids larger than 2½ feet across." Might a good county government reporter find "voids
larger than 2½ feet across" at the next board of supervisors meeting? Click here for still more on the topic. |
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