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> How do you model a traffic scenario where certain vehicles introduce more stringent constraints on the vehicles around them that are not purely limited to the
by huhtenberg 15y ago
> How do you model a traffic scenario where certain vehicles introduce more stringent constraints on the vehicles around them that are not purely limited to their physical place on the road?
Would this really qualify as a PhD topic these days? Serious question.
- civilian 15y agoI don't have any expertise, but... I think it would. A dissertation proving that cops on the road slow down traffic might be able to effect public policy. We might be able to get cops off the road during rush hour! We might realize that the benefits of tracking down speeding drivers don't outweight the benefits of having a copless road.
- asciident 15y agoIt's probably be worthwhile as a paper (journal article or peer-reviewed conference paper), but it doesn't seem enough for a competitive PhD dissertation.