Quasi-variational inequality approach to multi-user-class dynamic traffic assignment

MCJ Bliemer - Transportation research record, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
Transportation research record, 2000journals.sagepub.com
The extension of a single-user-class macroscopic dynamic traffic assignment model to
include multiple user classes is considered. The distinction between user classes is based
on vehicle characteristics. Cars and trucks are two typical classes. To deal with various
asymmetries that may occur, such as intra-user-class interaction and spatial and temporal
asymmetries, the model is specified as a quasi-variational inequality problem. A nested
modified projection method is successfully adopted to solve the assignment problem. The …
The extension of a single-user-class macroscopic dynamic traffic assignment model to include multiple user classes is considered. The distinction between user classes is based on vehicle characteristics. Cars and trucks are two typical classes. To deal with various asymmetries that may occur, such as intra-user-class interaction and spatial and temporal asymmetries, the model is specified as a quasi-variational inequality problem. A nested modified projection method is successfully adopted to solve the assignment problem. The solution of the problem depends heavily on the choice of some very important input: the multiclass link travel time functions. Under mild restrictions there exists a solution, which need not be unique. A case study illustrates the model.
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