A review of game theory applications in transportation analysis

Game theory has been widely used in various fields since its birth. Particularly, it plays an important role in transportation analysis and provides powerful tools to solve many difficult problems. This paper provides an overview of the numerous applications of game theory in transportation analysis and classifies these applications into two types. We aim to provide a clear framework of these applications and also a feasible solving process of problems. At last, we point out some drawbacks of game theory based applications and discuss how to adjust game theory method to deal with complex situations in future practice.