Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram Based Discrete Transportation Network Design

Table 2

Notations and definitions in the solution algorithm.

Notation	Detailed definition
	The original road network drawn in VISSIM
	Fitted MFD for the original network
	Fitted MFD for
	Global optimal MFD
	An extended network by adding new link group to the original network
	The maximum weighted flow of
	The maximum weighted flow of
	Global maximum weighted flow
	Simulation interval
	Simulation period
	Link group index
	Global optimal link group index
	Time index
	The container of candidate link groups satisfying budget constraints