Fairness versus efficiency in charging for the use of common facilities

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1324-1329

  Butler, M ^a   Williams, H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost allocation; Duality; Efficiency; Fairness; Game theory; Linear programming

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 0036905639     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601456     Document Type: Article

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