Random queues and risk averse users

We analyse Nash equilibrium in time of use of a congested facility. Users are risk averse with general concave utility. Queues are subject to varying degrees of random sorting, ranging from strict queue priority to a completely random queue. We define the key "no residual queue" property, which holds when there is no queue at the time the last user arrives at the queue, and prove that this property holds in equilibrium under all queueing regimes considered. The no residual queue property leads to simple results concerning the equilibrium utility of users and the timing of the queue.

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Source https://hal.science/hal-00683692
Author de Palma, André, Fosgerau, Mogens
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 29, 2026, 10:18 (UTC)
Created May 29, 2026, 10:18 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00683692
Language en
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contributor École normale supérieure - Cachan (ENS Cachan)
creator de Palma, André
date 2011-11-27T00:00:00
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