Road user charging design: Dealing with multi-objectives and constraints

Transportation

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-186

  Sumalee, Agachai ^a   Shepherd, Simon ^b   May, Anthony ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cordon pricing; Genetic algorithms; Multi objectives; Policy optimization; Road pricing

Indexed keywords

CHARGING SCHEMES; CONSTRAINED DESIGNS; CORDON PRICING; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; DESIGN METHODOLOGIES; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MULTI-OBJECTIVE DESIGNS; MULTI-OBJECTIVES; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; NSGA-II; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; POLICY OBJECTIVES; POLICY OPTIMIZATION; REVENUE GENERATIONS; ROAD PRICING; ROAD USERS; SELF-ADAPTIVE; SOCIAL WELFARES;

COSTS; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TOLL HIGHWAYS; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; METHODOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; ROAD PRICING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EDINBURGH [EDINBURGH (ADS)]; EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 63349089346     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-009-9197-9     Document Type: Article

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