Thank you for the clarification. Then as a follow up question, which
parameter and conditions, if any, dictates the stopping distance of vehW in
this crossing scenario?

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 12:11 AM Jakob Erdmann <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sorry for the ambigous wording in my explanation. I hope this makes it a
> bit clearer:
>
> - vehicle 'ego' entered the intersection first
> - both vehicles 'vehE' and 'vehW' yield to ego because of this
> - the difference between vehE and vehW is that the path of vehE merges
> with ego and the path of vehW crosses with ego
> - vehW can drive safely up the the point where both trajectories cross and
> wait there. The main assumption here is that ego will keep moving so vehW
> doesn't have to come to a stop at the stop line and can follow ego more
> smoothly (rather than actually stopping in the middle of the intersection).
> - since the path of ego and vehE merge, vehE has to enter a car-following
> relationship with ego. Thus the speed of vehE is computed as the safe
> car-following speed by computing a "virtual gap" as dFollower - dLeader -
> leaderLength where
>    - dLeader is the distance from ego to the merging point (start of
> lane:oW_0)
>    - dFollower is the distance from vehE  to the merging point
> - due to the curved left-turn movement of 'ego' being longer, the virtual
> gap is negative and vehE stops outside the junction. Again, the assumption
> is that ego keeps moving after entering the intersection and vehE can
> follow in a smooth movement.
> - with different geometries, you might also see a merging follower wait
> within the intersection if the leader suddenly stops.
>
> regards,
> Jakob
>
>
> Am Mi., 3. März 2021 um 15:37 Uhr schrieb A Raman <[email protected]>:
>
>> Thank you for the response.
>>
>> To give a little more context, this experiment is simply for me to
>> understand more on how sumo's intersection model works (i.e what
>> constitutes the intersection area and how the vehicles behave by comparing
>> it to sumo's publication on the matter by doctoring when the ego vehicle
>> enters). With that said, the motion and position I put the ego vehicle in
>> is merely arbitrary because from my previous understanding I had thought
>> that it had 'entered' the intersection area. I tried setting startPos of
>> both vehE and vehW to 20 to try and make extra sure that the ego vehicle
>> enters the intersection first and the same result is obtained, but
>> according to you the main road vehicle stops pass the stop line because it
>> has entered the intersection first and in that case I have several
>> questions:
>>
>> -Which of the vehicles in the current scenario enter the intersection
>> first?
>>
>> -If I understand you correctly, vehW from the main road entered first
>> which means my ego vehicle has not entered the intersection and if so what
>> specific condition needs to be satisfied for a vehicle to be considered to
>> have entered an intersection area? For example is it sufficient for only
>> the front bumper position to be in the junction's internal lane edge or
>> does the whole vehicle need to be inside?
>>
>> -If it was like my previous understanding where I thought my ego vehicle
>> entered first, then is this the expected behaviour? How come vehE stops at
>> the correct position because even with the slight deviations in speed, it
>> seemed to have entered the intersection at around the same time as vehW?
>>
>> Again thank you very much in advance
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 9:58 PM Jakob Erdmann <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In the default intersection model, a vehicle from a side road will
>>> either stop before the stop line or pass it and the continue driving across
>>> the intersection.
>>> Consequently, vehicles from the main road will yield to the side-road
>>> vehicle if it entered the intersection first (by passing the stop line).
>>>
>>> Currently, the best workaround for letting your ego vehicle stop at that
>>> location without impacting main road flow is by changing the junction shape
>>> to move the stop line forward. (i.e. setting it's 'radius' attribute to
>>> 2.5).
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Jakob
>>>
>>> Am Mi., 3. März 2021 um 12:54 Uhr schrieb A Raman <[email protected]
>>> >:
>>>
>>>> Thank you for the help so far. Please find attached the traci log file
>>>> from my script. The problem still exist when I run without --random and
>>>> with the traffic definition file previously attached
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 6:32 PM Jakob Erdmann <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Your traci script is importing the wrong traci (from anaconda) which
>>>>> does not support tracing.
>>>>> See
>>>>> https://sumo.dlr.de/docs/TraCI/Interfacing_TraCI_from_Python.html#determine_the_traci_library_being_loaded
>>>>>
>>>>> Am Mi., 3. März 2021 um 10:28 Uhr schrieb A Raman <
>>>>> [email protected]>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The phenomena persists even with the given route file and without the
>>>>>> use of --random.
>>>>>> I tried to get the log file by adding traceFile=<filepath> argument
>>>>>> to traci.start but I got this error when running my python script:
>>>>>> TypeError: start() got an unexpected keyword argument 'traceFile'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There could be issues to how I installed sumo so I check with my sumo
>>>>>> imports in my python script which are:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if 'SUMO_HOME' in os.environ:
>>>>>>     tools = os.path.join(os.environ['SUMO_HOME'], 'tools')
>>>>>>     sys.path.append(tools)
>>>>>> else:
>>>>>>     sys.exit("please declare environment variable 'SUMO_HOME'")
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # sys.path.append('/home/abi/Desktop/hdd/sumo/sumo/tools')
>>>>>>
>>>>>> from sumolib import checkBinary  # noqa
>>>>>> import traci
>>>>>>
>>>>>> looking at the output of print(traci.__file__) after the import leads me 
>>>>>> to my anaconda environment at 
>>>>>> /anaconda3/envs/envname/lib/python3.7/site-packages/traci/__init__.py 
>>>>>> where the definition for start is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  def start(cmd, port=None, numRetries=10, label="default"):
>>>>>>     """
>>>>>>     Start a sumo server using cmd, establish a connection to it and
>>>>>>     store it under the given label. This method is not thread-safe.
>>>>>>     """
>>>>>>     if port is None:
>>>>>>         port = sumolib.miscutils.getFreeSocketPort()
>>>>>>     sumoProcess = subprocess.Popen(cmd + ["--remote-port", str(port)])
>>>>>>     _connections[label] = connect(port, numRetries, "localhost", 
>>>>>> sumoProcess)
>>>>>>     switch(label)
>>>>>>     return getVersion()
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However digging deeper, I found a start definition in main.py at my 
>>>>>> '/usr/share/sumo/tools/traci' folder which contains the traceFile 
>>>>>> argument. So I would like to know if the correct traci is imported here
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 4:15 PM Jakob Erdmann <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Unfortunately, these items are insufficient to replicate the
>>>>>>> situation from your screenshot (it shows 4 vehicles wheres the route 
>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>> only defines 3 vehicles).
>>>>>>> Also, the use of option "--random" precludes exact reproducibility.
>>>>>>> - can you provide the complete traci script or alterantively, a log
>>>>>>> of the issued traci commands? (
>>>>>>> https://sumo.dlr.de/docs/TraCI/Interfacing_TraCI_from_Python.html#generating_a_log_of_all_traci_commands
>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>> - can you provide a --seed value that shows the situation (or
>>>>>>> reproduce it without the use of --random)?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am Mi., 3. März 2021 um 02:19 Uhr schrieb A Raman <
>>>>>>> [email protected]>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you for the response,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can find the traffic definition file attached. I did use traci
>>>>>>>> for my tests and traci.start() is run with the configuration:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> traci.start([
>>>>>>>> self._sumo_bin,
>>>>>>>> '-n', self._net,
>>>>>>>> '-r', self._route,
>>>>>>>> '--step-length', '0.1',
>>>>>>>> '--no-warnings', 'true',
>>>>>>>> '--collision.action', 'warn',
>>>>>>>> '--collision.check-junctions', 'true',
>>>>>>>> '--max-depart-delay', '0.2',
>>>>>>>> '--random', 'true'
>>>>>>>> ])
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> with the attached files as self._net and self._route
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 2:57 AM Jakob Erdmann <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please attach the traffic definition (.rou.xml) and post all
>>>>>>>>> options used to run sumo (or attach the .sumocfg).
>>>>>>>>> Did you use traci in your test?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Am Di., 2. März 2021 um 13:10 Uhr schrieb A Raman <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I found that, while testing intersection behaviours in SUMO in my
>>>>>>>>>> network, the yellow vehicles in the west-side lane always stop in the
>>>>>>>>>> intersection area and not at the end of the lane edge. In my attached
>>>>>>>>>> image, the east-side lane vehicle seems to stop correctly at the 
>>>>>>>>>> edge of
>>>>>>>>>> the lane at position (8, 2) while the west-side lane vehicles always 
>>>>>>>>>> stop
>>>>>>>>>> at around (~-4, -2). I tested this by manually entering the blue 
>>>>>>>>>> vehicle
>>>>>>>>>> into the intersection area and initializing the incoming yellow 
>>>>>>>>>> vehicles at
>>>>>>>>>> different times to have ample braking distance once the blue vehicle
>>>>>>>>>> enters.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It doesn't seem like any of the documented reasons for this to
>>>>>>>>>> happen is the cause so I would like to know what exactly do I need to
>>>>>>>>>> change so that the bottom lane vehicle stops at the proper position. 
>>>>>>>>>> I've
>>>>>>>>>> tried changing the stop offset properties for the lane in the 
>>>>>>>>>> network file
>>>>>>>>>> which does not affect things. The current vehicle type configuration 
>>>>>>>>>> is at
>>>>>>>>>> default and you can also find my network file attached.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you very much in advance
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