Inefficiency in Networks with Multiple Sources and Sinks (original) (raw)

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 2009

Abstract

We study the problem of optimizing traffic in decentralized transportation networks, where the cost of a link depends on its congestion. If users of a transportation network are permitted to choose their own routes, they generally try to minimize their personal travel time. In the absence of centralized coordination, such a behavior can be inefficient for society and even for

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