Talk:Braess's paradox
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Why is adding a crossroad considered "adding capacity?" The phrase "added capacity" to me sounds like adding a third route of equal capacity to the first two, which would indeed solve the problem. The phrasing "adding choice to the system" or something similar would be more accurate. --Monguin61 21:13, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
This is actually pretty good but "For a better explanation, please see this link:" sounds, well, too humble. Either it's been explained adequately in which case there's no need for apology, or it hasn't, in which case, skip the apology and expand the article.radek 06:58, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The example is flawed.
This example is flawed..
Suppose I'm a 'rational' traveler, and the third route gets added. I know that everyone is taking the new route, thinking it will be faster, so I take Start->B->End instead. Start->B takes 45 minutes. B->End takes 0 minutes, because everyone else is trying the new 'faster' route. I get home in 45 minutes. Everyone else eventually realizes that this new route isn't any faster, and everyone ignores it, and eventually I suppose it gets closed to reduce maintenance costs.
And this example is flawed, and I dare say the entire theory, because people will COMMUNICATE with one another. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.193.207.197 (talk) 00:41, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
