Article ID: | iaor2003312 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 35B |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 461 |
End Page Number: | 480 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2001 |
Journal: | Transportation Research. Part B: Methodological |
Authors: | Kuwahara Masao, Akamatsu Takashi |
Keywords: | queues: applications |
This research extends the dynamic user optimal assignment under the point queue concept so as to deal with physical queues. Given time-dependent many-to-many OD volumes, this paper first shows the formulation of the assignment subject to the flow conservation and the first-in-first-out (FIFO) queue discipline. The optimal condition is then defined and the physical queue propagation based on the kinematic wave theory is discussed. Finally, a solution algorithm is proposed and typical differences between point and physical queue analyses are presented through an example calculation.