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A computer traffic simulation for the Braess's paradox
Author
Khoo, Puay Cheng
Supervisor
Teo, Beng-chong
Abstract
Traffic congestion is very much part of the life of people in the cities. Many large cities face this problem. Trying to solve the problem by building an extra road may be not solve the problem like many think it would. This is illustrated by an example given by Cohen (1988). In his example, when an extra road is added to the original network of roads, the travelling time actually increases instead of decreases. This is an example of Braess's paradox at work in the traffic system. In this academic exercise, we model this network example using computer simulation created by Visual Basic 4.0. Some simulations are also made using this computer program, and the results are being discussed.
Date Issued
1998
Call Number
QA276.18 Kho
Date Submitted
1998