Braess’ paradox in asymmetrical traffic networks

Zverovich, Vadim; Avineri, Erel

Abstract

Braess’ paradox illustrates situations when adding a new link to a transport network might lead to an equilibrium state in which travel times of users will increase. Braess’ paradox has been studied mainly in the context of the classical problem introduced by Braess and his colleagues, assuming a certain type of symmetry in networks: two pairs of links in those networks are assumed to have the same volume-delay functions. This research explore Braess’ paradox by considering arbitrary volume-delay functions, i.e. symmetry properties are not assumed for any of the network’s links and the occurrence of Braess’ paradox is studied for a general configuration.

Citation

Zverovich, V., & Avineri, E. (2014, January). Braess’ paradox in asymmetrical traffic networks. Poster presented at Transportation Research Board Conference, Washington, D.C., USA

• Presentation Conference Type: Poster
• Conference Name: Transportation Research Board Conference
• Start Date: Jan 12, 2014
• End Date: Jan 16, 2014
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2014
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Braess' paradox, traffic networks
• Publisher URL: http://amonline.trb.org/trb-59976-2014-1.2467145/t-1134-1.2477135/842-1.2476609/p14-6796-1.2477536/p14-6796-1.2477537?qr=1
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Transportation Research Board Conference