First-best marginal cost toll for a traffic network with stochastic demand

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-59

  Sumalee, Agachai ^a   Xu, Wei ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Demand uncertainty; First best toll; Marginal cost pricing; Stochastic network

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FUNCTIONS; RANDOM VARIABLES; RISK PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; TRAVEL TIME; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; FIRST-BEST TOLL; MARGINAL-COST PRICING; ROUTE CHOICE MODEL; STOCHASTIC NETWORKS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK; USER EQUILIBRIUM ASSIGNMENT; VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DEMAND ELASTICITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78149497939     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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