Journal of Jilin University(Engineering and Technology Edition) ›› 2026, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (9): 2302-2316.doi: 10.13229/j.cnki.jdxbgxb.20250287

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Traffic user equilibrium assignment model with congestion space queuing and spillover

Qi-yue ZHANG1(),Hao YUE1(),De-lin MENG1,Qiu-shi QU2   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Transport Industry of Big Data Application Technologies for Comprehensive Transport,Beijing Jiaotong University,Beijing 100044,China
    2.Urban Rail Transit Department,Beijing Vocational Transportation College,Beijing 100096,China
  • Received:2025-04-03 Online:2026-09-01 Published:2026-09-07
  • Contact: Hao YUE E-mail:22110279@bjtu.edu.cn;hyue@bjtu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Aiming at the problem that the traditional user equilibrium assignment model is difficult to describe the phenomenon of congestion space queuing and spillover, in order to describe the macroscopic and overall traffic operation state of the road network, portray the impact of congestion spatial queuing and spillback phenomena on the traffic assignment of road network, and provide reference ideas for traffic planning, demand management and congestion mitigation, considering the general road network with both smooth and congested state, a novel traffic user equilibrium assignment model with congestion space queuing and spillover caused by the link capacity and storage capacity constraints was constructed. The equivalence of model with user equilibrium principle and the uniqueness of solution were proved. Moreover, mechanisms such as demand conversion, congestion backtracking, congestion area identification and demand loading of different traffic conditions were introduced, the calculation method of demand flow transfer coefficient was proposed, and an improved FW algorithm was constructed to solve the model. Finally, the effectiveness of the model and the algorithm was compared and analyzed by numerical examples. The error accuracy of the calculation results of the simple numerical example is e=1.044?5×10-5, and the routes with loaded traffic volume have equal travel times, which conforms to the user equilibrium principle. The results show that the model is an integration and expansion of the traditional smooth and fully congested user equilibrium assignment model, which can effectively calculate the equilibrium assignment results and the final equilibrium steady states of the road network under different traffic conditions, and describe the phenomenon of congestion space queuing and spillover. The assignment results can reflect the macroscopic and global traffic operation characteristics when the road network reaches the equilibrium state, identify bottleneck locations and congestion queuing areas, and provide basis for road network structure optimization, traffic guidance, demand management and congestion relief.

Key words: engineering of communications and transportation system, user equilibrium assignment model, traffic assignment, congestion space queuing, queuing spillover

CLC Number: 

  • U491

Fig.1

Schematic diagram of congestion space queuing and spillover"

Table 1

Variable and parameter explanation"

序号类型参数含义
1路段属性Xa路段a上的需求流量,是计划分配并允许超过路段通行能力的流量,pcu/time
2xa路段a上的流入流量,是考虑路段a上游需求折算后流入路段a并允许超过路段通行能力的流量,pcu/time
3ya路段a上的流出流量,是考虑下游空间排队和溢出,进行需求折算和拥堵回溯后路段a实际流出并不超过路段通行能力的流量,pcu/time
4y1,a次生瓶颈路段a上干扰流的流出流量,是经过路段a的所有路径中,路段a下游产生拥堵空间排队并蔓延溢出至路段a的部分路径,通过路段a的部分流出流量,pcu/time
5y2,a次生瓶颈路段a上被干扰流的流出流量,是经过路段a的所有路径中,路段a下游没有产生拥堵空间排队或没有蔓延溢出至路段a,但受到其他产生拥堵空间排队并蔓延溢出至路段a的路径干扰的部分路径,通过路段a的部分流出流量,pcu/time
6ya?,krs出发地为r、目的地为s的OD间的第k条路径上,路段a紧邻的下游路段总流出流量,pcu/time
7NQa路段a下游出口处在路段a上的待排队需求车辆数,是计划分配并允许超过路段存储容量的车辆数,pcu
8NQ1,a次生瓶颈路段a下游出口处在路段a上的干扰流待排队需求车辆数,是经过路段a的所有路径中,路段a下游产生拥堵空间排队并蔓延溢出至路段a的部分路径,在路段a下游出口处产生的部分待排队车辆数,pcu
9NQ2,a次生瓶颈路段a下游出口处在路段a上的被干扰流待排队需求车辆数,是经过路段a的所有路径中,路段a下游没有产生拥堵空间排队或没有蔓延溢出至路段a,但受到其他产生拥堵空间排队并蔓延溢出至路段a的路径干扰部分路径,在路段a下游出口处产生的部分待排队需求车辆数,pcu
10NBa路段a上游入口处排队溢出的需求车辆数,是路段a待排队需求车辆数超过路段存储容量后从该路段溢出的需求车辆数,pcu
11NBa?,krs出发地为r、目的地为s的OD间的第k条路径上,路段a紧邻的下游路段入口处排队溢出总需求车辆数,pcu
12ta(Ω)路段a的交通阻抗,根据路段的畅通拥堵状态、流入/流出流量和上游入口处排队溢出车辆数计算得出,Ω为自变量xayaNQaNBa的集合,time
13t1,a(xa)路段a以流入流量为自变量的畅通状态阻抗函数,由路段通行能力Ca、自由流通过时间t0,a等组成,畅通状态下流量增大、密度增大、速度减小、通过时间增加,故阻抗函数为单调递增函数
14t2,a(ya)路段a以流出流量为自变量的拥堵状态阻抗函数,由路段通行能力Ca、自由流通过时间t0,a等组成,拥堵状态下流量增大、密度减小、速度增大、通过时间减少,故阻抗函数为单调递减函数
15Ca路段a的通行能力,是通过该路段上瓶颈的最大流量,简化为该路段固定的出口容量,pcu/time
16γa路段a的需求折算系数
17γa˙,krs出发地为r、目的地为s的OD间的第k条路径上,导致次生瓶颈路段a拥堵的下游最近物理瓶颈路段的需求折算系数
18Ka路段a的拥堵比例,是路段a上拥堵排队部分占该路段的比例
19路径属性Fkrs出发地为r、目的地为s的OD间第k条路径上的需求流量,pcu/time
20fm(r+s+)在局部畅通子网络中,起讫点分别为r+s+的第m条路径上的流量,pcu/time
21fn(r-s-)在局部拥堵子网络中,起讫点分别为r-s-的第n条路径上的流量,pcu/time
22δa,krs路段-路径相关变量,如果路段a属于从出发地r到目的地s的OD间的第k条路径,则δa,krs=1,否则δa,kr=0
23μa,krs0-1变量,如果路段a是从出发地为r到目的地为s的OD间的第k条路径上的最上游首条路段,则μa,krs=1;否则μa,krs=0
24OD属性qrs出发地r和目的地s间的OD交通需求流量,是道路网中rs间计划或预期分配的流量,pcu/time
25qr+s+在局部畅通子网络中,起讫点分别为r+s+间的交通分配流量,pcu/time
26qr-s-在局部拥堵子网络中,起讫点分别为r-s-间的交通分配流量,pcu/time
27Nrs出发地r与目的地s间的OD交通需求车辆数,是道路网中rs间计划或预期分配的遇到瓶颈时产生空间排队的车辆数,pcu
28节点N道路网中节点的集合
29R道路网中出发地的集合,R?N
30S道路网中目的地的集合,S?N
31路段、路径集合A道路网中路段的集合
32A+每次迭代过程中需求折算和拥堵回溯后,道路网中完全畅通状态的路段集合,A+?A
33A*每次迭代过程中需求折算和拥堵回溯后,道路网中xa>Ca时导致形成拥堵空间排队的完全拥堵状态的物理瓶颈路段集合,A*?A
34A-每次迭代过程中需求折算和拥堵回溯后,道路网中xaCa但由于物理瓶颈导致的拥堵空间排队进行蔓延溢出而形成的完全拥堵状态的次生瓶颈路段集合,A-?A
35A±每次迭代过程中需求折算和拥堵回溯后,道路网中xaCa但由于物理瓶颈导致的拥堵空间排队进行蔓延溢出而形成的半畅通半拥堵状态的次生瓶颈路段集合,A±?A
36Akˉrs出发地为r、目的地为s的OD间的第k条路径上的最上游首条路段集合,Akˉrs?A
37Aa?,krs出发地为r、目的地为s的OD间的第k条路径上,路段a的所有上游路段集合,其中不包括路段aAa?,k(rs)?A
38Aa˙?,krs出发地为r、目的地为s的OD间的第k条路径上,导致次生瓶颈路段a拥堵的下游最近物理瓶颈的所有上游路段集合,其中不包括该物理瓶颈,Aa˙?,krs?A
39Prs出发地r和目的地s间的所有路径集合

Fig.2

Schematic diagram of variable and parameter explanation"

Fig.3

Model construction idea diagram"

Fig.4

Schematic diagram of simple road network structure with single OD pair"

Fig.5

Assignment results of the simple road network"

Table 2

Assignment results of the simple road network"

路段XaxayaKaNQaNBata
A8880005.635
B4.134.132.580.1161.18038.824
C3.873.872.420.53580.430255.128
D4.132.582.581619.5761.18216.301
E85511 2501 20010

Fig.6

Assignment results of the simple road network of the surging OD demand"

Fig.7

Assignment results of the simple road network of the sudden drop in link capacity"

Fig.8

Assignment results of Beckmann model for the simple road network"

Table 3

Assignment results comparison of the simple road network with an OD pair"

模型算法分配结果误差算法计算时间/s
Beckmann模型4.753 1×10-62.881 6
非均衡分配算法190.095 32.028 5
本文模型1.044 5×10-53.283 0

Fig.9

Schematic diagram of complex road network"

Table 4

OD traffic demand of complex road network"

序号起点终点qrs /(pcu·h-1序号起点终点qrs /(pcu·h-1
111350039819700
211430040820900
311550041915900
411740042917900
511930043919400
612030044920600
712110045921300
812240046922700
91233004710154 000
101241004810173 900
112172004910191 800
122191005010202 500
132201005110211 200
143131005210222 600
153141005311141 600
163151005411151 400
173171005511171 000
18322100561119400
19323100571120600
20414500581121400
214155005911221 100
224175006011231 300
23419200611124600
244203006212131 300
25421200631214700
26422400641215700
27423500651217600
28424200661219300
29515200671220400
30517200681221300
31519100691222700
32520100701223700
33521100711224500
345222007216172 800
356175007316191 300
366192007416201 600
37620300751820400
388171 400

Fig.10

Assignment results of the complex road network"

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