The applicability of non-cooperative game theory in transport analysis |
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Authors: | Yaron Hollander Joseph N Prashker |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, 38 University Road, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK;(2) Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa, 32000, Israel |
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Abstract: | Various models that incorporate concepts from Non-Cooperative Game Theory (NCGT) are described in the transport literature.
Game Theory provides powerful tools for analysing transport systems, but these tools have some drawbacks that should be recognised.
In the current paper we review games that describe transport problems and discuss them within a uniform context. Although
the paper does not introduce new tools, it presents insights concerning the relations between transport models and games.
We divide existing games into groups and show that some common features characterise multiple games. We distinguish between
games that make a conceptual contribution and games that are suitable for application. Compact or symmetric game structures
make remarkable observations but often do not support actual decision-making. Less aesthetic formats, most of which are Stackelberg
games between authorities and travellers, are stronger as instruments that assist in determining real-life policies; these
formulations can be treated by practitioners as mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints and not as games.
Yaron Hollander is currently conducting economic research of bus reliability at the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of
Leeds. He previously worked for the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology; for the Israel Institute for Transportation Planning
and Research; and for the public transport department at Ayalon Highways Co.
Joseph N. Prashker is a professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology. Till
recently he served as head of the Transportation Research Institute at the Technion. His interests are behavioural demand
models, network analysis, and Game Theory applications in transportation. |
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Keywords: | Behavioural models Mathematical models Transport models Transport policy Non-Cooperative game Theory |
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