The relative impact of consignee behaviour and road traffic congestion on distribution costs

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1033-1049

  Sankaran, Jayaram K ^a   Wood, Lincoln ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Congestion management; Consignee behaviour; Continuous approximation models; Testable implications; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COST ACCOUNTING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

CONGESTION MANAGEMENT; CONSIGNEE BEHAVIOUR; CONTINUOUS APPROXIMATION MODELS; TESTABLE IMPLICATIONS;

VEHICLE ROUTING;

MODELING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSACTION COST; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548748604     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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