A prospect-based user equilibrium model with endogenous reference points and its application in congestion pricing

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-328

  Xu, Hongli ^a,b   Lou, Yingyan ^c   Yin, Yafeng ^b   Zhou, Jing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative prospect theory; Reference points and congestion pricing; Stochastic network; User equilibrium

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD PRICING; STOCHASTICITY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 78650808862     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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