Optimal driving strategies for a train on a track with continuously varying gradient

Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society Series B-Applied Mathematics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 388-410

  Howlett, P G ^b   Cheng, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0012552968     PISSN: 03342700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0334270000000746     Document Type: Article

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