Multiday User Equilibrium with Strategic Commuters

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Main Authors: Wu, Minghui, Yin, Yafeng, Lynch, Jerome P.
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Published: 2022
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author Wu, Minghui
Yin, Yafeng
Lynch, Jerome P.
author_facet Wu, Minghui
Yin, Yafeng
Lynch, Jerome P.
contents In the era of connected and automated mobility, commuters will possess strong computation power, enabling them to strategically make sequential travel choices over a planning horizon. This paper investigates the multiday traffic patterns that arise from such decision-making behavior. In doing so, we frame the commute problem as a mean-field Markov game and introduce a novel concept of multiday user equilibrium to capture the steady state of commuters' interactions. The proposed model is general and can be tailored to various travel choices such as route or departure time. We explore a range of properties of the multiday user equilibrium under mild conditions. The study reveals the fingerprint of user inertia on network flow patterns, causing between-day variations even at a steady state. Furthermore, our analysis establishes critical connections between the multiday user equilibrium and conventional Wardrop equilibrium.
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spellingShingle Multiday User Equilibrium with Strategic Commuters
Wu, Minghui
Yin, Yafeng
Lynch, Jerome P.
Optimization and Control
In the era of connected and automated mobility, commuters will possess strong computation power, enabling them to strategically make sequential travel choices over a planning horizon. This paper investigates the multiday traffic patterns that arise from such decision-making behavior. In doing so, we frame the commute problem as a mean-field Markov game and introduce a novel concept of multiday user equilibrium to capture the steady state of commuters' interactions. The proposed model is general and can be tailored to various travel choices such as route or departure time. We explore a range of properties of the multiday user equilibrium under mild conditions. The study reveals the fingerprint of user inertia on network flow patterns, causing between-day variations even at a steady state. Furthermore, our analysis establishes critical connections between the multiday user equilibrium and conventional Wardrop equilibrium.
title Multiday User Equilibrium with Strategic Commuters
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.12583