Access control policies without inside queues: Their properties and public policy implications

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 44, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1132-1147

  Zhang, H M ^a   Shen, Wei ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Access control; Equitable fair control; Inside queue; System optimum

Indexed keywords

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; COSTS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUEUEING THEORY; TRAVEL TIME;

ACCESS CONTROL POLICIES; ANALYTICAL FORMS; GENERATION ALGORITHM; INSIDE QUEUE; NONCONVEX OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL POLICY; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SYSTEM OPTIMUM;

ACCESS CONTROL;

ACCESSIBILITY; ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 77954458943     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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