The competition game on hub network design

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 618-629

  Lin, Cheng Chang ^a   Lee, Shwu Chiou ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cournot Nash equilibrium; Game theory; Hub and spoke network; Less than truckload freight services

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPUTATION THEORY; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; PROFITABILITY; TRUCKS;

COMPETITIVE MARKETS; COURNOT-NASH EQUILIBRIUM; GAME-THEORETIC MODEL; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORKS; LESS-THAN-TRUCKLOAD; NONCOOPERATIVE GAME; OLIGOPOLISTIC MARKETS; UNSTABLE SOLUTIONS;

GAME THEORY;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FREIGHT TRANSPORT; GAME THEORY; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; OLIGOPOLY; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 77549083717     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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