A dynamic cordon pricing scheme combining the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram and an agent-based traffic model

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1291-1303

  Zheng, Nan ^a   Waraich, Rashid A ^b   Axhausen, Kay W ^b   Geroliminis, Nikolas ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Cordon pricing; Dynamic pricing; Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; DYNAMICS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SIMULATORS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; TRAVEL TIME; VEHICLE ACTUATED SIGNALS;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CORDON PRICING; CORDON-BASED CONGESTION; DYNAMIC PRICING; MACROSCOPIC FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; NON-STATIONARY CONDITION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

PRICE DYNAMICS; PRICING POLICY; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84862324546     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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