An application of cooperative game among container terminals of one port

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 393-403

  Saeed, Naima ^a   Larsen, Odd I ^a  

^a MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bertrand model; Characteristic function; Competition and cooperation; Core; Game theory; Two stage game

Indexed keywords

BERTRAND MODEL; CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTION; COMPETITION AND COOPERATION; CORE; TWO-STAGE GAME;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPETITION; PORT TERMINALS; PROFITABILITY; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 70350716317     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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