REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT MODELS FOR ROUTING DRIVERS WITH IN- VEHICLE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS

This report describes the requirements that a traffic assignment model must satisfy in order to be used as part of an in-vehicle guidance system. In such a system, the model would be used to develop optimal routes for each driver. Routing instructions would then be conveyed to the driver through the medium of an in-vehicle guidance system. Two generic traffic assignment models, the equilibrium and incremental models, are described and their application to the optimal routing problem is described. It is indicated that further research is needed in several areas if these models are to be used for a real-time routing system.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: May 1989 Published By: Federal Highway Administration, Traffic Systems Division, Washington, D.C.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cohen, Stephen L
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile navigation systems; Real time information; Route guidance; Traffic assignment
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00771751
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-89-182
• Files: PATH, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM