Trunk demand servicing in the presence of measurement uncertainty

Demand servicing attempts to correct existing overload conditions in the trunk network in a timely and cost-effective manner. The demand servicing procedures presented in this paper achieve this goal by taking actions that have minimal effect on the existing network configuration, account for the statistical nature of the traffic measurements, and follow the network design objectives. In comparison to existing methods, these procedures should reduce unnecessary servicing activity and improve the consistency between demand servicing and planned servicing.