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An Equilibrium Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model with Linear Programming Formulation

Optimization and Control 2024-09-02 v1 Computer Science and Game Theory

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a dynamic equilibrium transportation problem. There is a fixed number of cars moving from origin to destination areas. Preferences for arrival times are expressed as a cost of arriving before or after the preferred time at the destination. Each driver aims to minimize the time spent during the trip, making the time spent a measure of cost. The chosen routes and departure times impact the network loading. The goal is to find an equilibrium distribution across departure times and routes. For a relatively simplified transportation model we show that an equilibrium traffic distribution can be found as a solution to a linear program. In earlier works linear programming formulations were only obtained for social optimum dynamic traffic assignment problems. We also discuss algorithmic approaches for solving the equilibrium problem using time-expanded networks.

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@article{arxiv.2408.17196,
  title  = {An Equilibrium Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model with Linear Programming Formulation},
  author = {Victoria Guseva and Ilya Sklonin and Irina Podlipnova and Demyan Yarmoshik and Alexander Gasnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.17196},
  year   = {2024}
}