Journal
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART B-METHODOLOGICAL
Volume 92, Issue -, Pages 35-53Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2015.09.010
Keywords
Traffic evolution process; Sensitivity analysis; Approximation model; Applicability conditions; Convergence analysis
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Compared with path-based day-to-day (DTD) traffic evolution models, link-based DTD traffic evolution models are easier to calibrate and validate. However, the inherent network loading sub-problem in link-based DTD models induces high computational burden which precludes their broad practical applicability. To address this challenge, this study proposes three approximation models for the DTD traffic flow evolution process based on the sensitivity analysis of the network loading sub-problem in a link-based DTD model. In particular, a first-order approximation (FOA) model is formulated based on the derivative of link flow solutions with respect to perturbations on network characteristics. To improve the approximation accuracy of the FOA model, a second-order approximation (SOA) model and a variable reduced approximation (VRA) model are developed. The applicability conditions of the proposed approximation models are derived. A small numerical example demonstrates that the FOA model performs well when perturbations are small and the approximation accuracy reduces as the scale of perturbations increases. The SOA and VRA models can improve the approximation accuracy of the FOA model, at the cost of computing the second-order derivative and the reference link flow pattern, respectively. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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