"It's a paradoxical effect that occurs in complex systems," says Helbing.

“这是一个在复杂系统里发生的矛盾态效应，”海尔宾说。

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Helbing even thinks the model could help autonomous robots of the future efficiently navigate to their destinations, perhaps to deliver supplies within a busy hospital.

赫尔冰甚至认为这个模型可以帮助引导未来全自动机器人高效地去到它们的目的地，也许能在忙碌的医院中传送设备。

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That short-term anticipation gives lights at the next intersection enough time to prepare for the incoming platoon of vehicles, says Helbing. The whole point is to avoid stopping an incoming platoon.

这个短期的预测可以让下一个交叉路口的交通指示灯有足够的时间去为将要驶入的车辆队伍做准备，海尔宾说，要点就是尽量避免让驶入的车辆队伍停下来。

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This is all useful information for current traffic planning, but Dr Helbing and Dr Treiber also have their eyes on the future.

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Dr. Helbing cites "tragedies of the commons" where open access to a common-pool resource such as a fishery tends to result in overfishing that harms everybody a sort of extended real-world version of the prisoner's dilemma.

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