Competitive, cooperative and stackelberg congestion pricing for multiple regions in transportation networks

Transportmetrica

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-320

  Zhang, Xiaoning ^a   Zhang, H M ^a,b   Huang, Hai Jun ^c   Sun, Lijun ^a   Tang, Tie Qiao ^c  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Congestion pricing; Cooperation; Nash game; Regional competition; Stackelberg game

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION PRICING; COOPERATION; NASH GAMES; REGIONAL COMPETITION; STACKELBERG GAMES;

COMPETITION; COSTS; TRANSPORTATION;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 79957971646     PISSN: 18128602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18128602.2010.502547     Document Type: Article

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