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Preface to “On a Paradox of Traffic Planning”

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  • Anna Nagurney

    (Department of Finance and Operations Management, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 10003)

  • David Boyce

    (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208)

Abstract

This article is a preface to the translation by Braess, Nagurney, and Wakolbinger of the 1968 paper by Braess, “Über ein Paradoxon aus der Verkehrsplanung” ( Unternehmensforschung 12 258–268).

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  • Anna Nagurney & David Boyce, 2005. "Preface to “On a Paradox of Traffic Planning”," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 39(4), pages 443-445, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ortrsc:v:39:y:2005:i:4:p:443-445
    DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1050.0126
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