An Ant Colony Optimisation algorithm for solving the asymmetric traffic assignment problem

D’Acierno, Luca, Mariano Gallo and Bruno Montella
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Luca D'Acierno

European Journal of Operational Research, 2012, vol. 217, issue 2, 459-469

Abstract: In this paper we propose an Ant Colony Optimisation (ACO) algorithm for defining the signal settings on urban networks following a local approach. This consists in optimising the signal settings of each intersection of an urban network as a function only of traffic flows at the accesses to the same intersection, taking account of the effects of signal settings on costs and on user route choices. This problem, also known as Local Optimisation of Signal Settings (LOSS), has been widely studied in the literature and can be formulated as an asymmetric assignment problem. The proposed ACO algorithm is based on two kinds of behaviour of artificial ants which allow the LOSS problem to be solved: traditional behaviour based on the response to pheromones for simulating user route choice, and innovative behaviour based on the pressure of an ant stream for solving the signal setting definition problem. Our results on real-scale networks show that the proposed approach allows the solution to be obtained in less time but with the same accuracy as in traditional MSA (Method of Successive Averages) approaches.

Keywords: Traffic; Ant Colony Optimisation; Signal settings design; Stochastic traffic assignment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.09.035

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