A theory and implications on dynamic marginal cost

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 627-643

  Kuwahara, Masao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Departure time; Marginal cost; Queueing delay; Schedule delay

Indexed keywords

QUEUEING THEORY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

DEPARTURE TIME CHOICE; DYNAMIC MARGINAL COST; RAMP CONTROL STRATEGIES; ROAD PRICING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ROAD PRICING; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 33947354211     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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