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Main Authors: Liu, Tong, Meidani, Hadi
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09117
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author Liu, Tong
Meidani, Hadi
author_facet Liu, Tong
Meidani, Hadi
contents Solving traffic assignment problem for large networks is computationally challenging when conventional optimization-based methods are used. In our research, we develop an innovative surrogate model for a traffic assignment when multi-class vehicles are involved. We do so by employing heterogeneous graph neural networks which use a multiple-view graph attention mechanism tailored to different vehicle classes, along with additional links connecting origin-destination pairs. We also integrate the node-based flow conservation law into the loss function. As a result, our model adheres to flow conservation while delivering highly accurate predictions for link flows and utilization ratios. Through numerical experiments conducted on urban transportation networks, we demonstrate that our model surpasses traditional neural network approaches in convergence speed and predictive accuracy in both user equilibrium and system optimal versions of traffic assignment.
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spellingShingle Multi-Class Traffic Assignment using Multi-View Heterogeneous Graph Attention Networks
Liu, Tong
Meidani, Hadi
Machine Learning
Solving traffic assignment problem for large networks is computationally challenging when conventional optimization-based methods are used. In our research, we develop an innovative surrogate model for a traffic assignment when multi-class vehicles are involved. We do so by employing heterogeneous graph neural networks which use a multiple-view graph attention mechanism tailored to different vehicle classes, along with additional links connecting origin-destination pairs. We also integrate the node-based flow conservation law into the loss function. As a result, our model adheres to flow conservation while delivering highly accurate predictions for link flows and utilization ratios. Through numerical experiments conducted on urban transportation networks, we demonstrate that our model surpasses traditional neural network approaches in convergence speed and predictive accuracy in both user equilibrium and system optimal versions of traffic assignment.
title Multi-Class Traffic Assignment using Multi-View Heterogeneous Graph Attention Networks
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09117