Variational inequality formulation of the system-optimal travel choice problem and efficient congestion tolls for a general transportation network with multiple time periods

This paper examines the problem of optimal congestion pricing for a general transportation network with multiple time periods. Traditional optimization formulations of a system-optimal travel choice problem are reviewed and their limitations are discussed. A variational inequality formulation of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Regional science and urban economics 2002-09, Vol.32 (5), p.627-650
Hauptverfasser: Liu, L.N., Boyce, David E.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper examines the problem of optimal congestion pricing for a general transportation network with multiple time periods. Traditional optimization formulations of a system-optimal travel choice problem are reviewed and their limitations are discussed. A variational inequality formulation of the system-optimal problem is presented and efficient congestion tolls are calculated. This formulation is a generalization of the traditional optimization formulation with the symmetry condition. A numerical example is provided to interpret further the relationship between the variational inequality and the optimization formulations.
ISSN:0166-0462
1879-2308
DOI:10.1016/S0166-0462(01)00095-3