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We analyse the effects of agents’ decisions on the creation of, and reaction to, congestion on a centralised network with ring-and-hub topology. The system dynamics are driven by an interplay between the creation of, and the transition between, particular stable states which arise as the network is varied. Our results show that the existence of congestion in a network is a dynamic process which is as much dependent on the agents’ decisions as it is on the structure of the network itself.
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Gourley, S., Johnson, N.F. (2007). Decision-Making and Transport Costs in Complex Networks. In: Schadschneider, A., Pöschel, T., Kühne, R., Schreckenberg, M., Wolf, D.E. (eds) Traffic and Granular Flow’05. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47641-2_32
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