Agent-based Simultaneous Optimization of Congestion and Air Pollution: A Real-World Case Study

dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, Amit
dc.contributor.authorKickhöfer, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-19T07:25:35Z
dc.date.available2018-04-19T07:25:35Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe exclusion of external costs from the behavioral decision making process of individuals yields travel demand beyond the system optimum which implies inefficiencies in the transport system. The present study investigates the effect of congestion optimization on emissions levels and vice versa while considering heterogeneity in individual attributes and choice behavior. In consequence, the resulting correction terms (tolls) are highly differentiated. Furthermore, and going beyond existing literature, the present study proposes a joint optimization of vehicular congestion and emissions. The proposed model uses a microscopic agent-based simulation framework which is applied to a real-world scenario of the Munich metropolitan area in Germany. The combined pricing scheme accounts for both external effects and in an iterative process, agents learn how to adapt their route and mode choice decisions in presence of this combined toll. The results indicate that the combined pricing strategy moves the car transport system towards the optimum, measured by a strong decrease of congestion and emission costs. Furthermore, it is found that pricing emissions only pushes users on routes with shorter distances, whereas pricing congestion only steers users on routes with shorter travel times, and potentially longer distances. That is, the two pricing strategies influence behavior by tendency into opposite directions.en
dc.identifier.issn1877-0509
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/7629
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-6819
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
dc.subject.otherair pollutionen
dc.subject.othercongestionen
dc.subject.othervehicle emissionsen
dc.subject.otherroad pricingen
dc.subject.othersimultaneous pricingen
dc.subject.otheroptimizationen
dc.subject.otheragent-based modelingen
dc.titleAgent-based Simultaneous Optimization of Congestion and Air Pollution: A Real-World Case Studyen
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1016/j.procs.2015.05.165
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleProcedia Computer Scienceen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameElsevier BV
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceRed Hook, NY
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend919
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart914
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume52
tub.accessrights.dnbfree
tub.affiliationFak. 5 Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme::Inst. Land- und Seeverkehr (ILS)::FG Verkehrssystemplanung und Verkehrstelematikde
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 5 Verkehrs- und Maschinensystemede
tub.affiliation.groupFG Verkehrssystemplanung und Verkehrstelematikde
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Land- und Seeverkehr (ILS)de
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlinde

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