A Strategic User Equilibrium for Independently Distributed Origin-Destination Demands

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Contributors

  • Tao Wen - , University of New South Wales, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Author)
  • Chen Cai - , University of New South Wales, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Author)
  • Lauren Gardner - , University of New South Wales (Author)
  • Vinayak Dixit - , University of New South Wales (Author)
  • S. Travis Waller - , School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chair of Transport Modelling and Simulation, University of New South Wales (Author)
  • Fang Chen - , Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Author)

Abstract

This article proposes an extension of the strategic user equilibrium proposed by Waller and colleagues and Dixit and colleagues. The proposed model relaxes the assumption of proportional Origin-Destination (O-D) demand, as it accounts for users’ strategic link choice under independently distributed O-D demands. The convexity of the mathematical formulation is proved when each O-D demand is assumed to follow a Poisson distribution independently; link flow distributions and users’ strategic link choice are also proved to be unique. Network performance measures are given analytically. A numerical analysis is conducted on the Sioux Falls network. A Monte Carlo method is used to simulate network performance measures, which are then compared to the results computed from the analytical expression. It is illustrated that the model is capable of accounting for demand volatility while maintaining computation efficiency.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)316-332
Number of pages17
JournalComputer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Volume33
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2018
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2939-2090/work/141543779