Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Optimal flow allocation in directed networks is often analyzed through two types of equilibria. The first, called user equilibrium, occurs when the travel times on all utilized routes are the same and shorter than every unused route. The second, called system optimum, minimizes the average travel time across all routes. These two concepts represent the optimality for individual users and for the network as a whole, respectively, and generally do not coincide. This paper introduces and examines networks where user equilibrium and system optimum are identical, termed Wardrop Optimal Networks. Moreover, we illustrate that these flows remain consistent under several important transformations as well as under uniform changes in their latency functions.
Author: Antonios Kalampakas
Institution: American University of the Middle East
Language: English
Subfield: Transportation
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403934312