A Mathematical Model for Evaluation of Information Effects in ATIS (Advanced Traveler Information Systems) Environment

Travel choices are made according to people’s personal preferences and knowledge of the system. Since increase, improvement and updating of knowledge is achieved through information, consequentially information itself is a crucial issue in transportation problems. If information was perfect, users could easily choose the best path from their point of view, but unfortunately complete and precise information about network conditions is rarely available, therefore uncertainty can cause anxiety and stress in decision makers.