Flexible build-operate-transfer contracts for road franchising under demand uncertainty

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1419-1439

  Tan, Zhijia ^a   Yang, Hai ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Contract flexibility; Demand uncertainty; Pareto efficiency; Road franchising

Indexed keywords

EARNINGS; PRIVATIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BI OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; BUILD OPERATE TRANSFERS; BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER CONTRACTS; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; PARETO EFFICIENCY; PARETO IMPROVEMENTS; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; ROAD FRANCHISING;

PARETO PRINCIPLE;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867601386     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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