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Zone‐based tariff design in public transportation networks
Author(s) -
Otto Benjamin,
Boysen Nils
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
networks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.977
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1097-0037
pISSN - 0028-3045
DOI - 10.1002/net.21731
Subject(s) - exploit , tariff , computer science , integer programming , willingness to pay , integer (computer science) , public transport , mathematical optimization , operations research , economics , microeconomics , transport engineering , mathematics , engineering , international trade , algorithm , programming language , computer security
Tariff design is among the most elementary decision problems to be solved in every public transportation network. This article focuses on alternative zone‐based tariffs, which vary in the way zones are cut (ring structure vs. connected zones) and fares are calculated (counting zones, cumulative pricing, and maximum pricing), and compares their ability to exploit the customers’ willingness to pay. For this purpose, we formulate six versions of the tariff design problem, investigate their computational complexity, and develop suited mixed‐integer models. Our comprehensive computational study reveals that tariffs based on cumulative pricing outperform traditional distance‐based tariffs and are best suited to exploit the customers’ willingness to pay. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. NETWORKS, Vol. 69(4), 349–366 2017