The Applicability of Non-Cooperative Game Theory in Transport Analysis

Although the transportation literature describes various models that incorporate concepts from non-cooperative game theory (NCGT), these tools have some drawbacks that should be better recognized. This paper reviews games that describe transportation problems and discusses them within a uniform context. Although new tools are not introduced, insights are presented concerning the relations between transportation models and games. The authors divide existing games into groups and show that some common features characterize multiple games. A distinction is drawn between games that make a conceptual contribution and games that are suitable for application. Compact or symmetric game structures make remarkable observations but often do not support actual decision-making. Less aesthetic formats, most of which are Stackelberg games between authorities and travelers, are stronger as instruments that assist in determining real-life policies; these formulations can be treated by practitioners as mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints and not as games. This review suggests that NCGT models have potential in several areas, such as developing reliability estimators, modeling trends such as competition and tendering, and creating systematic policy-oriented design procedures that account for expected traveler response in optimizing network-wide performance.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 2006.
• Authors:
  • Hollander, Yaron
  • Prashker, Joseph N
• Publication Date: 2006-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 481-496
• Serial:
  • Transportation
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISSN: 0049-4488
  • EISSN: 1572-9435
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11116

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Game theory; Literature reviews; Mathematical models; Policy making; Programming (Mathematics); Traffic models; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Travel behavior
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01038461
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 29 2006 11:06AM