Trial-and-error procedure for implementing a road-pricing scheme

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1923, 2005, Pages 103-109

  Meng, Qiang ^a   Xu, Wei ^b   Yang, Hai ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ROAD-PRICING SCHEME; TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK; TRAVEL TUNE FUNCTIONS;

FEES AND CHARGES;

EID: 33645693820     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1923-11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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