OPTIMAL DESIGN OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS WITH FLUCTUATING DEMANDS: A CASE OF MULTICOMMODITY NETWORK FLOWS: FINAL REPORT

THE PROBLEM OF DESIGNING A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT WILL BEST SATISFY EXPECTED DEMAND FOR TRAVEL AMONG A GIVEN SET OF CENTERS OF ACTIVITY IS FORMULATED BY IDENTIFYING FOR EACH ORIGIN-DESTINATION PAIR, CALLED A COMMODITY OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, ALL THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES FOR TRAVEL THAT MEET PRESPECIFIED CRITERIA AND WHICH CONSTITUTE THE SET OF FEASIBLE PATHS. MODAL CHOICE IS ASSUMED TO BE A FUNCTION OF TRAVEL TIME AND CONSEQUENTLY THE MODEL GENERATES EXPECTED DEMANDS FOR TRAVEL, OVER ALTERNATIVE ROUTES OF DIFFERENT LENGTH, FROM A PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION OF TRAVEL TIME ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ORIGIN-DESTINATION PAIR. /NTIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept UMTA-CA-11-0008
• Corporate Authors:

  Stanford University

  Department of Industrial Engineering
  Stanford, CA  United States  94305
• Authors:
  • Avila, J L
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 203 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: rr-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Mathematical models; Mode choice; Network analysis (Planning); Optimization; Origin and destination; Routing; Transportation; Travel demand; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Network flows; Transportation models
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• Subject Areas: Design; Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228414
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1974 12:00AM