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Article: A multi-commodity discrete/continuum model for a traffic equilibrium system

TitleA multi-commodity discrete/continuum model for a traffic equilibrium system
Authors
Keywordscontinuum system
Discrete system
elastic demand
multi-commodity
traffic equilibrium
Issue Date2016
PublisherTaylor & Francis. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ttra21
Citation
Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 2016, v. 12 n. 3, p. 249-271 How to Cite?
AbstractWe consider a city with several highly compact central business districts (CBDs). The commuters’ origins are continuously dispersed. The travel demand to each CBD, which is considered to be a distinct commodity of traffic movements, is dependent on the total travel cost to that CBD. The transportation system is divided into two layers: major freeways and a dense network of surface streets. Whereas the major freeway network is modelled according to the conventional discrete-network approach, the dense surface streets are approximated as a continuum. Travellers to each CBD can either travel within the continuum (surface streets) and then transfer to the discrete network (freeways) at an interchange (ramp) before moving to the CBD on the discrete network, or they can travel directly to the CBD within the continuum. Specific travel cost-flow relationships for the two layers of transportation facilities are considered. We develop a traffic equilibrium model for this discrete/continuum transportation system in which, for each origin–destination pair, no traveller can reduce his or her individual travel cost by unilaterally changing routes. The problem is formulated as a simultaneous optimisation programme with two sub-problems. One sub-problem is a traffic assignment problem from the interchanges to the CBD in the discrete network, and the other is a traffic assignment problem within a continuum system with multiple centres (i.e. the interchange points and the CBDs). A Newtonian algorithm based on sensitivity analyses of the two sub-problems is proposed to solve the resultant simultaneous optimisation programme. A numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/223196
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.099
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dc.contributor.authorDu, YC-
dc.contributor.authorWong, SC-
dc.contributor.authorSun, LJ-
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-23T01:55:14Z-
dc.date.available2016-02-23T01:55:14Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationTransportmetrica A: Transport Science, 2016, v. 12 n. 3, p. 249-271-
dc.identifier.issn2324-9935-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/223196-
dc.description.abstractWe consider a city with several highly compact central business districts (CBDs). The commuters’ origins are continuously dispersed. The travel demand to each CBD, which is considered to be a distinct commodity of traffic movements, is dependent on the total travel cost to that CBD. The transportation system is divided into two layers: major freeways and a dense network of surface streets. Whereas the major freeway network is modelled according to the conventional discrete-network approach, the dense surface streets are approximated as a continuum. Travellers to each CBD can either travel within the continuum (surface streets) and then transfer to the discrete network (freeways) at an interchange (ramp) before moving to the CBD on the discrete network, or they can travel directly to the CBD within the continuum. Specific travel cost-flow relationships for the two layers of transportation facilities are considered. We develop a traffic equilibrium model for this discrete/continuum transportation system in which, for each origin–destination pair, no traveller can reduce his or her individual travel cost by unilaterally changing routes. The problem is formulated as a simultaneous optimisation programme with two sub-problems. One sub-problem is a traffic assignment problem from the interchanges to the CBD in the discrete network, and the other is a traffic assignment problem within a continuum system with multiple centres (i.e. the interchange points and the CBDs). A Newtonian algorithm based on sensitivity analyses of the two sub-problems is proposed to solve the resultant simultaneous optimisation programme. A numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ttra21-
dc.relation.ispartofTransportmetrica A: Transport Science-
dc.rightsThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Transportmetrica A: Transport Science on 29 Jan 2016, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/23249935.2015.1128011-
dc.subjectcontinuum system-
dc.subjectDiscrete system-
dc.subjectelastic demand-
dc.subjectmulti-commodity-
dc.subjecttraffic equilibrium-
dc.titleA multi-commodity discrete/continuum model for a traffic equilibrium system-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailWong, SC: hhecwsc@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityWong, SC=rp00191-
dc.description.naturepostprint-
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/23249935.2015.1128011-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84957799452-
dc.identifier.hkuros257085-
dc.identifier.volume12-
dc.identifier.issue3-
dc.identifier.spage249-
dc.identifier.epage271-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000378153400003-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl2324-9935-

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