STOCHASTIC APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND ITS RELATED PARAMETERS

Mathematical models are developed for estimating the effectiveness of a route guidance system (RGS) in which the control strategy is to guide vehicles toward the shortest travel time routes. These models are formulated by considerig the stochastic nature of travel time. The parameters which characterize the models are defined and a quantitative analysis of the models is given for various values of the parameters. It is shown that the effectiveness of RGS can be estimated by the number of nodes along the route. The results derived from the models are shown to agree with experimental data collected from a route guidance system constructed in Tokyo. Some practical applications of the results are discussed.

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• Authors:
  • TSUJI, H
  • Takahashi, R J
  • Kawashima, H
  • YAMAMOTO, Y
• Publication Date: 1985-11

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 333-351
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 4
  • 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: Mathematical models; Measures of effectiveness; Quantitative analysis; Route guidance; Stochastic processes; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00458137
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Information, Incorporated
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1986 12:00AM