Residential water demand model under block rate pricing: A case study of Beijing, China

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2462-2468

  Chen, H ^a   Yang, Z F ^a  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Block rate pricing; Extended linear expenditure system (ELES); Residential water demand; Utility function

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOUSING; WATER SUPPLY;

BLOCK RATE; BLOCK RATE PRICING; CASE-STUDIES; DEMAND MODELLING; EXTENDED LINEAR EXPENDITURE SYSTEM; RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND; UTILITY FUNCTIONS; WATER DEMAND; WATER PRICES; WATER-SUPPLY DEMAND;

COSTS;

EID: 56049094867     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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