Differential Evolution Algorithm Based Solution Approaches for Solving Transportation Network Design Problems

Abstract

Differential Evolution algorithm has effectively been used to solve engineering optimization problems recently. The Differential Evolution algorithm, which uses similar principles with Genetic Algorithms, is more robust on obtaining optimal solution than many other heuristic algorithms with its simpler structure. In this study, Differential Evolution algorithm is applied to the transportation network design problems and its effectiveness on the solution is investigated. In this context, Differential Evolution based models are developed using bi-level programming approach for the solution of the transportation network design problem and determination of the on-street parking places in urban road networks. In these models, optimal investment and parking strategies are investigated on the upper level. On the lower level, deterministic traffic assignment problem, which represents drivers' responses, is solved using Frank-Wolfe algorithm and VISUM traffic modeling software. In order to determine the effectiveness of the proposed models, numerical applications are carried out on Sioux-Falls test network. Results showed that the Differential Evolution algorithm may effectively been used for the solution of transportation network design problems.

Keywords

• Differential evolution, Transportation network design, Bi-level programming.

Ulaşım Ağ Tasarımı Problemlerinin Çözümünde Diferansiyel Gelişim Algoritması Tabanlı Çözüm Yaklaşımları

Öz

Diferansiyel Gelişim Algoritması son yıllarda mühendislik optimizasyon problemlerinin çözümünde etkin olarak kullanılan bir yöntem olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Temel olarak Genetik Algoritma tekniğine benzer çalışma prensibine sahip olan Diferansiyel Gelişim algoritması, diğer sezgisel algoritmalara oranla yapısal olarak daha basit olmasına karşın optimum değerlere ulaşmada daha kararlı bir yöntemdir. Bu çalışmada, Diferansiyel Gelişim Algoritması ulaşım ağ tasarımı problemlerine uygulanmakta ve çözüm üzerindeki etkinliği incelenmektedir. Bu kapsamda, Birleştirilmiş Ulaşım Ağ Tasarımı ve kentiçi karayolu ağlarındaki yol kenarı park yerlerinin belirlenmesi problemlerinin çözümü için iki seviyeli programlama yaklaşımı altında DG algoritması tabanlı modeller geliştirilmiştir. Bu modellerde, üst seviyede optimum yatırım ve parklanma stratejileri araştırılırken, alt seviyede sürücü reaksiyonlarını temsil eden Deterministik Trafik Atama problemi Frank-Wolfe algoritması ve VISUM trafik modelleme yazılımı kullanılarak çözülmüştür. Önerilen modellerin etkinliklerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla Sioux-Falls test ağı üzerinde sayısal uygulamalar gerçekleştirilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar Diferansiyel Gelişim Algoritmasının ulaşım ağ tasarımı problemlerinin çözümünde etkin şekilde kullanılabileceğini göstermiştir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Diferansiyel gelişim, Ulaşım ağ tasarımı, İki seviyeli programlama.

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