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Methodology here: https://github.com/team-watchdog/colombo-skylines/wiki/Introduction-and-methodology https://github.com/team-watchdog/colombo-skylines/wiki/Int
by icaruswept 2y ago
Methodology here: https://github.com/team-watchdog/colombo-skylines/wiki/Introduction-and-methodology https://github.com/team-watchdog/colombo-skylines/wiki/Intro...
We've also tweaked many of the assumptions (traffic flow, citizen lifecycles etc) https://github.com/team-watchdog/colombo-skylines/wiki/mod-configurations https://github.com/team-watchdog/colombo-skylines/wiki/mod-c... to get "somewhere in the vicinity" of how people actually behave - nursery school at 6 years old, high school after, then a job, maybe college, then employment and retirement at 65.
In some of the work that I was involved in years back we were using CDR (call detail records) to estimate human mobility. See: https://medium.com/@yudhanjaya/how-people-come-to-nallur-7d3537796e5e https://medium.com/@yudhanjaya/how-people-come-to-nallur-7d3...
We're certainly not that accurate, as the broader you go with simulation, the less deep you can get to. But as a teaching tool to help people think about the instersection of complex systems, it's decent.
If I had more time I'd spent it making a new asset pack so those houses look more Sri Lankan.