Pareto efficiency of reliability-based traffic equilibria and risk-taking behavior of travelers

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-31

  Tan, Zhijia ^a   Yang, Hai ^b   Guo, Renyong ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

^c INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pareto efficiency; Reliability; Risk taking behaviors; Traffic equilibria

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; EFFICIENCY; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS;

INDIFFERENCE CURVES; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; PARETO EFFICIENCY; RELIABILITY INDEX; RELIABILITY-BASED; RISK AVERSE; RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS; TRAVEL TIME BUDGETS;

TRAVEL TIME;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84902493624     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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