Competition between high-speed and conventional rail systems: A game theoretical approach

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 3162-3170

  Hsu, Chiung Wen ^a   Lee, Yusin ^a   Liao, Chun Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Game theory; High speed rail; Interurban transport; Nash equilibrium; Price competition

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STATICS; COMPETITION AND COOPERATION; GAME THEORETICAL MODELS; HIGH SPEED RAIL; HIGH-SPEED; INTERURBAN TRANSPORT; LINEAR CITY; MODEL YIELDS; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; OPERATION EFFICIENCIES; ORIGIN AND DESTINATIONS; PRICING STRATEGY; PRICING STRUCTURES; RAIL SYSTEMS; SERVICE LEVELS; TEST RESULTS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TICKET PRICES; TIME VALUES; TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS; TWO-PART TARIFF;

COMPETITION; COSTS; GAME THEORY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RAILROADS; SPEED;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 71349085301     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.09.066     Document Type: Article

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