Enhancing transportation network capacity by congestion pricing with simultaneous toll location and toll level optimization

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 477-488

  Zhang, Xiaoning ^a   Van Wee, Bert ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bi level model; congestion pricing; global optimum; mixed integer linear program; reserve capacity; user equilibrium

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION PRICING; GLOBAL OPTIMUM; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAM; RESERVE CAPACITY; USER EQUILIBRIUM;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; TRAVEL TIME;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84859199452     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2011.584534     Document Type: Article

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