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They say "completely distributed system" and "without a centralized control mechanism", so I wonder if they've worked through all the consistency questions (CAP
by adrianmonk 8y ago
They say "completely distributed system" and "without a centralized control mechanism", so I wonder if they've worked through all the consistency questions (CAP theorem kind of stuff). I don't know how you safely deal with a network partition.
Imagine one car approaches an intersection and there are no other cars anywhere near. It gives itself a green and goes through the intersection without stopping.
Now imagine the same situation except there are two cars headed toward the same intersection at the same time, but neither one picks up the signal of the other. They both believe they are the only car headed toward the intersection, they both give themselves a green, and then they crash.
It seems like you either have to add some centralized infrastructure or accept that you are only safe to the extent that your radios are reliable.
- coldsauce 8y ago> accept that you are only safe to the extent that your radios are reliable. Won't you need to have the same assumption if you had a centralized infrastructure? Otherwise how would your car talk to the centralized system?
- lbriner 8y agoNo because a motor vehicle would have to establish a connection to the centralized infrastructure in order to get a green light. If it can't, it assumes a fault and acts accordingly. The problem above is that there might not be another car so how do you detect the failure?
- anticensor 8y agoIt is easy for this problem: In doubt, the pedestrian wins.