SOME CONSEQUENCES OF DETAILED JUNCTION MODELING IN ROAD TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the consequences for the assignment problem of the incorporation of detailed models of junctions and the rules used to set traffic signals. This investigation is presented in two distinct parts. In the first part, an abstract condition on the cost functions used in assignment procedures is discussed. This condition is sufficiently strong to guarantee the good behavior of the equilibrium assignment problem in an arbitrary network. A related but weaker condition is introduced and is shown to be necessary for the good behavior of the assignment problem in some networks. The second part investigates some detailed models of junctions to see which, if either, of these abstract conditions is satisfied in practice.

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• Authors:
  • Heydecker, B G
• Publication Date: 1983-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 263-281
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway traffic control; Intersections; Mathematical models; Operations research; Roads; Traffic assignment; Traffic signals; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General); I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381973
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM