Abstract
We analyse the effects of agents' decisions on the creation of and reaction to, congestion on a centralised network with a ring-and-hub topology. We take a fixed network model and numerically determine the global transport costs across the network as a function of capacity. These results show that as the capacity of the hub is reduced the system dynamics are driven by an interplay between stable states and critical points. The stable states are studied in detail allowing us to derive an analytic expression for the probability of crowding within the central hub. The analytic solution is in excellent agreement with the numeric results.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 603908 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 6039 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 31 2006 |
| Event | Complex Systems - Brisbane, Australia Duration: Dec 12 2005 → Dec 14 2005 |
Keywords
- Agents
- Congestion
- Games
- Networks
- Transport
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Gourley, S., & Johnson, N. F. (2006). Effects of decision-making on the transport costs across complex networks. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6039, [603908]. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.640557