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computational artifact, city travler
 
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processing    december, 2003   j.tarbell
 
 
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An unusual pheonmena of the City Traveler A was the occasional feedback pattern that established relatively stable chains of attraction, causing Cities to orbit each other. Variation B of the City Traveler has been simplified to encourage systems with stable orbits.
 
 
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Cities are also ejected from a central point with initial radial velocities, similar to a 'big bang' scenario.