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In many situations, simulation models are developed to handle complex real-world business optimisation problems. For example, a discrete-event simulation model is used to simulate the trailer management process in a big Fast-Moving Consumer…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-07-18 Dylan Rijnen , Jason Rhuggenaath , Paulo R. de O. da Costa , Yingqian Zhang

Studies on simulation input uncertainty often built on the availability of input data. In this paper, we investigate an inverse problem where, given only the availability of output data, we nonparametrically calibrate the input models and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-09 Aleksandrina Goeva , Henry Lam , Huajie Qian , Bo Zhang

Avoiding congestion and controlling traffic in urban scenarios is becoming nowadays of paramount importance due to the rapid growth of our cities' population and vehicles. The effective control of urban traffic as a means to mitigate…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-08-08 Matteo Cardellini

Mobility-on-Demand (MoD) systems require load balancing to maintain consistent service across regions with uneven demand subject to time-varying traffic conditions. The load-balancing objective is to jointly minimize the fraction of lost…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-22 Rebecca Swaszek , Christos Cassandras

Congestion in transport networks is a topic of theoretical interest and practical importance. In this paper we study the flow of vehicles in urban street networks. In particular, we use a cellular automata model to simulate the motion of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2010-12-16 Salvatore Scellato , Luigi Fortuna , Mattia Frasca , Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes , Vito Latora

Traffic congestion has lead to an increasing emphasis on management measures for a more efficient utilization of existing infrastructure. In this context, this paper proposes a novel framework that integrates real-time optimization of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-20 Samarth Gupta , Ravi Seshadri , Bilge Atasoy , A. Arun Prakash , Francisco Pereira , Gary Tan , Moshe Ben-Akiva

The performance of multimodal mobility systems relies on the seamless integration of conventional mass transit services and the advent of Mobility-on-Demand (MoD) services. Prior work is limited to individually improving various transport…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-05-24 Qi Luo , Samitha Samaranayake , Siddhartha Banerjee

On-demand ride services or ride-sourcing services have been experiencing fast development in the past decade. Various mathematical models and optimization algorithms have been developed to help ride-sourcing platforms design operational…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-07 Siyuan Feng , Taijie Chen , Yuhao Zhang , Jintao Ke , Zhengfei Zheng , Hai Yang

With the development of artificial intelligence techniques, transportation system optimization is evolving from traditional methods relying on expert experience to simulation and learning-based decision and optimization methods.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Jun Zhang , Wenxuan Ao , Junbo Yan , Depeng Jin , Yong Li

Credible microscopic traffic simulation requires car-following models that capture both the average response and the substantial variability observed across drivers and situations. However, most data-driven calibrations remain…

Applications · Statistics 2026-02-06 Menglin Kong , Chengyuan Zhang , Lijun Sun

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…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-02 Victoria Guseva , Ilya Sklonin , Irina Podlipnova , Demyan Yarmoshik , Alexander Gasnikov

Traffic simulations, essential for planning urban transit infrastructure interventions, require vehicle-category-specific origin-destination (OD) data. Existing data sources are imperfect: sparse tollbooth sensors provide accurate vehicle…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Oluwaleke Yusuf , Shaira Tabassum

Mobility service route design requires demand information to operate in a service region. Transit planners and operators can access various data sources including household travel survey data and mobile device location logs. However, when…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Gyugeun Yoon , Joseph Y. J. Chow

Mobility-on-Demand (MoD) services, such as taxi-like services, are promising applications. Rebalancing the vehicle locations against customer requests is a key challenge in the services because imbalance between the two worsens service…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-28 Tomoki Nishi , Satoshi Koide , Keisuke Otaki , Ayano Okoso

We survey recent advances in algorithms for route planning in transportation networks. For road networks, we show that one can compute driving directions in milliseconds or less even at continental scale. A variety of techniques provide…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-04-21 Hannah Bast , Daniel Delling , Andrew Goldberg , Matthias Müller-Hannemann , Thomas Pajor , Peter Sanders , Dorothea Wagner , Renato F. Werneck

Machine learning (ML) techniques have recently enabled enormous gains in sensitivity to new phenomena across the sciences. In particle physics, much of this progress has relied on excellent simulations of a wide range of physical processes.…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2025-10-20 Malte Algren , Tobias Golling , Francesco Armando Di Bello , Christopher Pollard

Optimal Transport (OT) naturally arises in many machine learning applications, yet the heavy computational burden limits its wide-spread uses. To address the scalability issue, we propose an implicit generative learning-based framework…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-26 Yujia Xie , Minshuo Chen , Haoming Jiang , Tuo Zhao , Hongyuan Zha

Accurate static traffic assignment models are important tools for the assessment of strategic transportation policies. In this article we present a novel approach to partition road networks through network modularity to produce data-driven…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-28 Alexander Roocroft , Giuliano Punzo , Muhamad Azfar Ramli

Modelling passenger assignments in public transport networks is a fundamental task for city planners, especially when deliberating network infrastructure decisions. A key aspect of a realistic model is to integrate passengers' selfish…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Tobias Harks , Sven Jäger , Michael Markl , Philine Schiewe

The travel demand forecasting model plays a crucial role in evaluating large-scale infrastructure projects, such as the construction of new roads or transit lines. While combined modeling approaches have been explored as a solution to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-04 Youngseo Kim , Samitha Samaranayake , Damon Wischik