A network equilibrium model with travellers' perception of stochastic travel times

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 614-624

  Connors, Richard D ^a   Sumalee, Agachai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cumulative prospect theory; Network equilibrium; Perceived travel time distribution; Stochastic network

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CUMULATIVE PROSPECT THEORY; DISCRETE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS; NETWORK EQUILIBRIUM; NETWORK EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; NON-LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; STOCHASTIC NETWORKS; TRAVEL TIME DISTRIBUTIONS;

TRAVEL TIME;

MODELING; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STOCHASTICITY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 67349208444     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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