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Chen, S (2013) Improving value for money in public-private partnership infrastructure projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Chen, W (2019) Integration of building information modeling and internet of things for facility maintenance management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Das, M (2015) Social BIMCloud: a distributed cloud-based BIM framework for object-based lifecycle information exchange and supply chain integration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Deng, Y (2015) Mapping of BIM and GIS for interoperable geospatial data management and analysis for the built environment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Guo, X (2008) Pricing and financing roads in transportation networks, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Kim, M (2017) Noncontact quality assessment of precast concrete elements using 3D laser scanning and building information modeling, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Li, Y (2013) Developing a sustainable construction waste estimation and management system, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Liang, J (1998) System integration and database management for computer-aided design of tall building structures, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Long, J (2004) Computer-integrated information modelling for design of building structures, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Ma, J (2016) A data driven study on LEED credits and green building related implications in city planning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Ng, K F (2017) Sustainable housing and railway developments over space and time, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Peng, M (2012) Dam risk analysis and dynamic decision making, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Singh, J (2021) BIM-based automatic piping layout design and schedule optimization, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
So, K L (2021) Integrated life-cycle management of highway bridges, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Soomro, M A (2013) Failure mechanisms in transportation public private partnerships, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Venkataraman, V (2017) Investigating the impact of project management factors on green building project delivery using link analysis and system dynamics techniques, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Xiao, F (2007) Game-theoretic models for competitive pricing and network design problems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: competition; market; traffic; pricing; regulation
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/304718376
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Private roads competition is one of the important issues under a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) scheme. When two or more competing firms operate multiple toll roads, their profits are interrelated due to demand inter-dependence and each firm must consider what its competitors' choices are likely to be. The main task of this dissertation is to develop game-theoretic approaches to the study of the road network that involves multiple toll roads operated by competitive private firms. The strategic interactions and market equilibria among the private firms are analyzed in determining their supply or price or both over the network. Furthermore, exact bounds are established for the efficiency loss of private road competition in some simplified or special cases. First, the effects of oligopolistic equilibria are examined on a network of parallel roads. The inefficiency is bounded by considering general demand and cost functions. As a supplement, both toll and capacity competition among private asymmetric roads is also considered; next, the case of fixed OD demand with continuously distributed value-of-time is investigated. The efficiency loss is discussed under different kinds of regimes and the construction capacity set by a monopolist is considered as well as the toll charge. A rate-of-return (ROR) regulation which may have attractive advantages is suggested for the regulatory authority; for further extension of previous work, the problems are examined in a context of general traffic networks. The study shows that generally private pricing and competition can be both profitable and welfare-improving. Investigating the subgame perfect equilibrium in an oligopolistic freight market is another task of this dissertation. A partially non-cooperative game among shippers, carriers and infrastructure companies (IC) is modeled by a three-stage procedure. The study shows that the equilibrium flows can also maximize total system profits if the IC and the carrier both use vertically efficient nonlinear pricing schedules.
Xiong, W (2015) A study of renegotiation and early termination in public private partnerships projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Zhang, N (2001) A computer-based environment for preliminary structural design, design collaboration and design automation of tall buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).
Zhang, W (2021) Construction productivity improvement through industrialized construction methods, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong).