On the primal and dual formulations of traffic assignment problems with perception stochasticity and demand elasticity

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Contributors

  • Chi Xie - , Hainan University, Tongji University, Southeast University, Nanjing (Author)
  • Yanjie Wan - , Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Author)
  • Min Xu - , Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Author)
  • Xiqun Chen - , Zhejiang University (Author)
  • Travis Waller - , Chair of Transport Modelling and Simulation, University of New South Wales (Author)

Abstract

This article reinvestigates the mathematical formulations of traffic assignment problems with perception stochasticity and demand elasticity in both the system optimum and user equilibrium principles. Our focus is given to a pair of new general formulations that pose a duality relationship to each other. In this primal-dual modeling framework, we found that the equilibrium or optimality conditions of a traffic assignment problem with perception stochasticity and demand elasticity can be redefined as a combination of three sets of equations and an arbitrary feasible solution of either the primal or dual formulation satisfies only two of them. We further rigorously proved the solution equivalency and uniqueness of both the primal and dual formulations, by using derivative-based techniques. While the two formulations pose their respective modeling advantages and drawbacks, our preliminary algorithmic analysis and numerical test results indicate that the dual formulation-based algorithm, i.e., the Cauchy algorithm, can be more readily implemented for large-scale problems and converge evidently faster than the primal formulation-based one, i.e. the Frank-Wolfe algorithm.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)537-552
Number of pages16
JournalTransportation letters
Volume15(2023)
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - 13 May 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2939-2090/work/141543709
WOS 000795577700001

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Keywords

  • Cauchy algorithm, demand elasticity, Frank-Wolfe algorithm, stochastic user equilibrium, supply-demand equilibrium, Traffic assignment, unconstrained optimization, Supply-demand equilibrium, Unconstrained optimization, Demand elasticity, Stochastic user equilibrium