A fixed-point model and solution algorithms for simulating urban freight distribution in a multimodal context

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 647-654

  D'Acierno, Luca ^a   Gallo, Mariano ^b   Montella, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crossed congestion; Elastic demand solution algorithms; Fixed point problems; Multimodal traffic assignment; Non separable cost functions; Urban freight distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953251441     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.647.654     Document Type: Article

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