The level of service (LOS) concept in the Highway Capacity Manual has been used as a qualitative measure representing freeway operational conditions for over 35 years. One key element that has not been adequately addressed is how road users perceive LOS. This exploratory research examines...

A methodology has been developed using ordered probit models to evaluate commuters' attitudes toward Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies. Such models can determine users' preferences for different TDM strategies and help planners to investigate the effect of individual...

A regional railroad network is presented to evaluate the system's response to increased coal traffic. An optimal, multimodal, coal-shipping pattern is developed for the study region to minimize total costs and to efficiently use the existing network. A two-stage, general model allocates...

Purpose: For smooth running of business affairs, there needs to be a coordination among manufacturer, collector and retailer in forward and reverse supply chain. This paper handles the problem of making pricing, collecting and percentage sharing decisions in a closed-loop supply chain. The...

In the absence of order-book data and limited information on quoted bid-ask spreads in the Indian stock market, this paper attempts to analyze the bid-ask spread in Indian market by estimating bid-ask spreads and its components from trade prices. The sample consists of tick-by-tick data for the...

The proposed research is intended to study the financing behavior of the Indian firms. The theory of capital structure is important for firms as they are constantly making investment decisions driven by financing decisions. Corporate decisions on capital structure policy have long been a subject...