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Braess’ paradox describes the counterintuitive situation when the addition of a new road to a network leads to higher travel times for all users. Typically it occurs for selfish drivers that try to minimize their own travel times. Here we investigate whether the occurrence of Braess’ paradox can be prevented if the drivers have access to more detailed traffic information, e.g. as provided by modern navigation apps.
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Financial support by German Science Foundation (DFG) under grant SCHA 636/8-2, Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy (BCGS) and the German Excellence Initiative through the University of Cologne Forum is gratefully acknowledged
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Schadschneider, A., Bittihn, S. (2020). Braess’ Paradox in Networks with Microscopic Stochastic Dynamics and Traffic Information. In: Zuriguel, I., Garcimartin, A., Cruz, R. (eds) Traffic and Granular Flow 2019. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 252. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55973-1_69
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