The out-of-kilter algorithm applied to traffic congestion

The out-of-kilter algorithm applied to traffic congestion

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Article ID: iaor20032038
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 53
Issue: 10
Start Page Number: 1133
End Page Number: 1141
Publication Date: Oct 2002
Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society
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The out-of-kilter algorithm finds a minimum cost assignment of flows to a network defined in terms of one-way arcs, each with upper and lower bounds on flow, and a cost. It is a mathematical programming algorithm which exploits the network structure of the data. The objective function, being the sum taken over all the arcs of the products, cost × flow, is linear. The algorithm is applied in a new way to minimise a series of linear functions in a heuristic method to reduce the value of a non-convex quadratic function which is a measure of traffic congestion. The coefficients in these linear functions are chosen in a way which avoids one of the pitfalls occurring when Beale's method is applied to such a quadratic function. The method does not guarantee optimality but has produced optimal results with networks small enough for an integer linear programming method to be feasible.

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