THE SELFISH DRIVER - IS HE ANTISOCIAL?

SELFISH AND ANTISOCIAL HAVE BEEN DEFINED IN TERMS OF WARDROP'S TWO EQUILIBRIUM PRINCIPLES, THE FIRST REFERRING TO CHEAPEST ROUTES AND THE SECOND TO MINIMUM NETWORK COST. THE ANALYSIS IS BASED ON A MATHEMATICAL MODEL USING LINK-CHAIN NETWORK FLOW CONCEPTS. FOR A ROAD NETWORK WITH UNCAPACITATED LINKS AND CONSTANT LINK COSTS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS NO. FOR CAPACITATED LINKS OR FLOW-DEPENDENT LINK COSTS THE ANSWER IS, IN GENERAL, YES. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ANALYSIS TO TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT TECHNIQUES, AS USED IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, IS DESCRIBED. /AUTHOR/

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  • Accession Number: 00223679
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, ATRI
  • Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM