Social structures and speeding trucks

Authors
Faia, MA
Citation
Ma. Faia, Social structures and speeding trucks, MATH COMP S, 51(5), 2000, pp. 529-545
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering Mathematics
Journal title
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION
ISSN journal
03784754 → ACNP
Volume
51
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
529 - 545
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4754(20000122)51:5<529:SSAST>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
This study develops a Maple worksheet for experimenting with truck transpor tation, with incentives for speeding, and with the efficacy of various ways of controlling speeding. The model suggests that the total cost function, operating as a feedback mechanism, may influence a truck driver's incentive s for speeding and/or a firm's incentives for encouraging or discouraging s peeding. (C) 2000 IMACS/Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.