freight network models predict freight movements by capturing the behavior and relationship of key stakeholders, representing the transportation network explicitly. the three common modeling methodologies of freight network equilibrium models, spatial price equilibrium models and integrated network equilibrium models (Harker, 1985; Crainic, 2002; Valsaraj, 2008) have been extensively used in the freight modeling literature. In addition, Nash equilibrium models and compensation principle models have been used to formulate alternative stakeholder behavior and decision making process (Wang, 2001: Zang, 2008). Harker (1985) presents a comprehensive summary of research in this field up to 1985. the paper reviews models that have been formulated over the two and a half decades.
Most former models