BraessParadox

Context : OnNetworks, OnRoads

Adding links to a network can make it less efficient.

• http://supernet.som.umass.edu/facts/braess.html

• http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Dietrich.Braess/Index.html#paradox

via

• http://brazil.tribe.net/thread/cf07558c-1ed8-4f22-9057-b148dc39d9e2?tribeid=e69499e7-08e2-4f8a-b517-6961ce257e66&r=10275

Obvious question. How does this play out in a market? Could adding a new trade-route or reduce a border tax decrease the efficiency of the rest of the network? Compare TheParadoxOfChoice

Compare : StabilityVsPerformance