Adnan, M, Watling, DP and Fowkes, AS (2009) A model for integrating home-work tour scheduling with time-varying network congestion and marginal utility profiles for home and work activities. Transportation Research Record, 2134. 21 - 30. ISSN 0361-1981
Abstract
The existing literature on activity-based modeling emphasizes that individuals schedule their activities by keeping the whole-day activity pattern in mind. Several attempts have been made to integrate this with network congestion; however, for explicit explanation of travel behavior of individuals, further improvements are required. The proposed model is a combined model that addresses the scheduling of the home-work tour with time-varied network congestion in a fixed-point problem frame-work. Marginal utility profiles that represent individual time-of-day preferences and satiation effect of the activities are incorporated for the measurement of the utility of activity engagement along with the disutility of travel. Consideration of only time-of-day dependent marginal utility profiles of activities in the utility function does not appropriately integrate activities and travel within the tour. The proof is shown analytically and numerically. This finding contradicts earlier research into integration of morning and evening commutes with network congestion. Additionally, the results of two numerical experiments are presented. In the first experiment, an arbitrary dynamic tolling strategy is assumed, and then a detailed analysis is performed to show variation in the balance of trade-offs involved in the process. The second experiment assesses the sensitivity of the combined model through incorporation of different dynamic traffic loading models. Some meaningful observations are drawn from these experiments and are discussed with the identification of avenues for future research.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2009, National Academy of Sciences. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Transportation research record. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Economics and Discrete Choice (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Spatial Modelling and Dynamics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2015 10:53 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2018 05:12 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2134-03 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | National Academy of Sciences |
Identification Number: | 10.3141/2134-03 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:84662 |