This paper introduces a methodology for route choice based on fuzzy preference relations. The core of the model is FiPV (Fuzzy-individuelle Präferenzen von Verkehrsteilnehmern or fuzzy traveler preferences), that is a choice function based on fuzzy pairwise comparisons for travel decisions. The proposed model may be the first application of fuzzy individual (preference-based) choice in travel d...

Reinforcement learning (RL) is a challenging task, especially in highly competitive multiagent scenarios. We consider the route choice problem, in which self-interested drivers aim at choosing routes that minimise their travel times. Employing RL here is challenging because agents must adapt to each others’ decisions. In this paper, we investigate how agents can overcome such condition by minim...

Advances in technology equip tra c domain with instruments to gather and analyze data for safe and fuele cient traveling. This article elaborates on the e↵ects from taxi drivers route selection on fuel e ciency. We fuse real driving behavior data from taxi cabs, weather, and digital map information for fuel consumption prediction. That way we compare actually driven trips and their quickest and...

4 (1) studied the bridge choice behavior of commuters before and after a new bridge opened to the 5 public. This bridge replaced the previously collapsed I-35W bridge in the metro area of Minneapolis-St. 6 Paul. The original I-35W bridge collapsed on August 1st 2007, and the replacement bridge opened to the 7 public on September 18th 2008. This study extends (1) by considering explicitly the da...

TRAVELERS’ ROUTE CHOICE BEHAVIOR IN RISKY NETWORKS SEPTEMBER 2013 HENGLIANG TIAN B.S., BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS M.S., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Directed by: Professor Song Gao The accurate modeling of travelers’ route choice decision making when faced with unreliable (risky) travel times is necessary for the assessme...

Though communicative goals are an important element in language production, few studies investigate the extent to which these goals might affect the form and content of referring expressions. In this study, we directly contrast two tasks with different goals: identification and instruction giving. Speakers had to refer to a target building nearby or further away, so that their addressee would d...

We consider the problem of designing lines in a public transport system, where we include user-optimal route choice. The model we develop ensures that there is enough capacity present for every passenger to travel on a shortest route. We present two different integer programming formulations for this problem, and discuss exact solution approaches. To solve large-scale line planning instances, w...