A within-day and day-to-day dynamic assignment model for a general network has been proposed recently. The model follows a nonequilibrium approach, in which flow fluctuations are modelled as a stochastic process. It includes a model of dynamic network loading for computing within-day variable arc flows from path flows. In this paper, the sensitivity and the operational characteristics of the model are tested by analysing some effects of control measures on a small realistic network. The results of these applications show that the proposed model is a valid tool to estimate the effectiveness of some traffic engineering measures and informative systems. It also appears that some control measures cannot be assessed correctly without the explicit simulation of the demand elasticity over departure times and of the day-to-day adjustment process determined by users' memory and forecasting. This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1306, In-vehicle Information Systems: Modeling Traffic Networks and Behavioral Considerations 1991.
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