The Structural Complexity of Various Elements of Systems

Abstract

This paper is aimed to describe the structural complexity of the traffic light control system. The structural complexity represents an interrelationship indicator between the various elements functions. The traffic light control system has several additional features that are synchronized to the railway doorstop, and the time interval for the green signals is expanded. For determining the method of its structural complexity, the Petri net model is used. Three kinds of traffic lights models are explored, namely standard, Norwegian, and the Norwegian improvement. The study results indicate that the Norwegian traffic lights have the most complex structure when regular implementation. The runner up is the Norwegian improvement. The most ideal is the standard traffic lights. Norwegian improvement is the most ideal when integrated with the railway doorstop and implemented extra green signals time interval. The Norwegian traffic light is the second. The standard traffic lights structural complexity fluctuates. It means that the Norwegian traffic light and its improvement are suitably used. Adding several features improve the structural complexity approaching the ideal system while extra controllers accompany each element. HIGHLIGHTS The Petri net model can represent the structural complexity of a system The method that can measure the structural complexity becomes ideal for actual implementation The Norwegian traffic lights structural complexities and improvements are ideal for the systems synchronized to the railway and appropriate for systems using the extra green signal time intervals or other additional features GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT