Synchronized traffic plans and stability of optima
The irrigation problem is the problem of finding an efficient way to transport a measure μ+ onto a measure μ-. By efficient, we mean that a structure that achieves the transport (which, following [Bernot, Caselles and Morel, Publ. Mat.49 (2005) 417–451], we call traffic plan) is better if it carries the mass in a grouped way rather than in a separate way. This is formalized by considering costs functionals that favorize this property. The aim of this paper is to introduce a dynamical cost functional...