A recent change in federal policy permits states to use toll financing to supplement traditional federal highway trust funds for transportation improvements. How states respond is influenced by the federal-aid program structure, particularly the financial leveraging effects of matching...

In logistics networks involving one supply point (depot) and several geographically dispersed demand points (e.g., retail stores), delivery shortages will result if the design of delivery routes ignores random period-to-period fluctuations in customer demands. Delivery shortages may be costly...