Evolutionary game-theoretic model for dynamic congestion pricing in multi-class traffic networks

NETNOMICS: Economic Research and Electronic Networking

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-121

  Dimitriou, Loukas ^a   Tsekeris, Theodore ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Centre for Planning and Economic Research KEPE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dynamic congestion pricing; Evolutionary game theory; Routing information; Stochastic assignment models; Urban road networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349208534     PISSN: 13859587     EISSN: 15737071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11066-008-9027-9     Document Type: Article

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