Decision-Making and Transport Costs in Complex Networks

Sean Gourley and Neil F. Johnson
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Sean Gourley: Clarendon Laboratory, Physics Department
Neil F. Johnson: Clarendon Laboratory, Physics Department

A chapter in Traffic and Granular Flow’05, 2007, pp 359-374 from Springer

Abstract: Summary We analyse the effects of agents’ decisions on the creation of, and reaction to, congestion on a centralised network with ring-and-hub topology. The system dynamics are driven by an interplay between the creation of, and the transition between, particular stable states which arise as the network is varied. Our results show that the existence of congestion in a network is a dynamic process which is as much dependent on the agents’ decisions as it is on the structure of the network itself.

Keywords: Transport Cost; Average Success Rate; Congestion Charge; Peripheral Pathway; Penalty Group (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-47641-2_32

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