Bisection-based trial-and-error implementation of marginal cost pricing and tradable credit scheme

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1085-1096

  Wang, Xiaolei ^a   Yang, Hai ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Convergence; Marginal cost pricing; Tradable credit scheme; Trial and error; Unknown demand function

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ERRORS; FUNCTIONS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CONVERGENCE; MARGINAL-COST PRICING; TRADABLE CREDIT SCHEMES; TRIAL AND ERROR; UNKNOWN DEMAND FUNCTIONS;

COSTS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 84865772750     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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