Traffic network design by cellular automaton-based traffic simulator

  • Eisuke Kita
  • Wataru Nanya
  • Yukiko Wakita
  • Tatsuhiro Tamaki

Abstract

Braess pointed out that adding a new road to overcome a traffic congestion could cause a new traffic congestion leading to the reduction of the traffic flow in the whole traffic network, which is called Braess' paradox. The aim of this study is to formulate a traffic network design algorithm to increase the traffic flow in a traffic network. The objective function is the traffic flow of the whole traffic network and the route selection at the corners is considered as design variable. The traffic flow is estimated by a traffic flow simulator based on the cellular automaton model. A simple traffic network is considered as a numerical example. At different traffic densities, the traffic network is optimized to maximize the traffic flow. The results show that the optimized traffic network depends on traffic density. The situation presented by Braess' paradox could disappear at high traffic density.

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Published
Jan 25, 2017
How to Cite
KITA, Eisuke et al. Traffic network design by cellular automaton-based traffic simulator. Computer Assisted Methods in Engineering and Science, [S.l.], v. 22, n. 1, p. 51-61, jan. 2017. ISSN 2956-5839. Available at: <https://cames.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/cames/article/view/14>. Date accessed: 29 mar. 2024.
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