Congestion derivatives for a traffic bottleneck

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1149-1165

  Yao, Tao ^a   Friesz, Terry L ^a   Wei, Mike Mingcheng ^b   Yin, Yafeng ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck model; Congestion derivative; Congestion option

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; COSTS; ECONOMICS;

BOTTLENECK MODELS; CONGESTION OPTION; CONGESTION PRICING; DEPARTURE TIME; FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES; NUMERICAL FORMULATION; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; TRAFFIC BOTTLENECK;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957236894     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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