ETH Life
Agenten auf Wanderschaft.
Zwei ETH-Doktoranden haben ein neues Computer-Programm zur
Tourismusförderung entwickelt. Sie wollen herausfinden, unter welchen
Bedingungen Bergregionen auch im Sommer attraktive Ferienorte darstellen.
Dafür lassen sie Cyber-Touristen durch virtuelle Landschaften wandern.
SAC
Wissenschaft und Bergwelt: Virtuelle Bergwanderer.
Mithilfe eines Computermodells
studiert man am Institut für Compu-
tational Science der ETH Zürich das
Verhalten von virtuellen Bergwande-
rern, so genannten «Agenten». Erste
Ergebnisse dieser Simulationen zei-
gen, dass bereits geringe lokale Ver-
änderungen sich erstaunlich stark
auf das Verhalten dieser Gruppen
auswirken.
The Economist
Virtual tourists are helping the Swiss to plan their landscape.
DO COWS improve the view? That is a question which interests the Swiss
government, given that it subsidises farmers heavily to graze their cows in
the mountains. One justification for the subsidy is that cows eat young
trees, and fewer trees mean better vistas of the sort beloved by tourists.
But just how much do cows improve the view and where do they provide most
value for money?
Slashdot
Virtual Tourists in the Swiss Alps.
Farmers in Switzerland receive money from their government for letting their
cows eat young trees in the Alps. But why? Because this is improving the
mountain views for tourists who might return year after year and spend their
cash in the country. As the Swiss government wants to wisely spend its
money, it is using a computer model of the mountains populated by virtual
tourists ...
swissinfo
Virtual humans show way forward for tourism.
Scientists in Zurich have developed a computer programme that could help
preserve Switzerland.s alpine landscape while at the same time promoting
tourism.
The Federal Institute of Technology programme shows planners what is likely
to attract or deter tourists.
NZZ Am Sonntag
Virtuelle Alpen-Touristen
Die Soziophuysik simuliert Massenpaniken, Verkehrstaus und das Verhalten von
Bergwanderern.
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