DYNAMIC TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT WITH MULTIPLE USER CLASSES FOR REAL-TIME ATIS/ATMS APPLICATIONS

This paper addresses the problem faced by a central controller seeking to optimize overall network performance through the provision of real-time routing information to equipped motorists, taking into account different user classes in terms of information availability, information supply strategy, and response behavior. In particular, four user classes are incorporated in the formulation: (1) equipped drivers who follow prescribed system optimal routes; (2) equipped drivers who follow user optimum routes; (3) equipped drivers who follow a boundedly-rational switching rule in response to descriptive information on prevailing conditions; and (4) non-equipped drivers who follow externally specified paths, which may be historically known or exogenously solved.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • First in a series on Management of Traffic Systems conducted by Alberto J. Santiago and Sam Yagar on behalf of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Mahmassani, H S
  • Peeta, S
  • Hu, T-Y
  • Ziliaskopoulos, A
• Conference:
  • Large Urban Systems. Proceedings of the Advanced Traffic Management Conference
  • Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Date: 1993-10-3 to 1993-10-8
• Publication Date: 1993-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway traffic control; Passenger information systems; Real time control; Routing; Traffic assignment; Traveler information and communication systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Real time operations
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00662936
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 6 1994 12:00AM