rapid urban growth is resulting into increase in travel demand and private vehicle ownership in urban areas. in the present scenario the existing infrastructure has failed to match the demand that leads to traffic congestion, vehicular pollution and accidents. with traffic congestion augmentation on the road, delay of commuters has increased and reliability of road network has decreased. four s...

We consider a supply chain where one manufacturer sells products to local markets through dealers. Each dealer faces a geographically dispersed market with uncertain demand, and is able to observe demand signal and exert effort to enhance sales. Both signal and effort affect the sales outcomes probabilistically, and cannot be observed by the manufacturer. Furthermore, dealers’ signals are corre...