The article shows what looks like a time-continuous microscopic traffic flow model ("microscopic" means that the model accounts for individual cars as opposed t

The article shows what looks like a time-continuous microscopic traffic flow model ("microscopic" means that the model accounts for individual cars as opposed to fluid-like "traffic streams"). There also exist cellular automaton-based models like the two-dimensional Biham–Middleton–Levine model [1] or the one-dimensional rule 184 [2] that can also show fascinating behavior but are much easier to program a computer simulation of and to alter (say, introduce different kinds of vehicles to). Check out the videos on the Wikipedia page to which I've linked, especially [3], to see what I mean. In those videos the blue dots are trying to get from the top to the bottom while the red ones are trying to go from the left edge to the right edge of an "intersection". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biham%E2%80%93Middleton%E2%80%93Levine_traffic_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biham%E2%80%93Middleton%E2%80%... [2] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=rule+184 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=rule+184 [3] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_periodic_intermediate_phase.ogv https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Biham-Mi...