Simulation support tool for real-time dispatching control in public transport

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-87

  Adamski, Andrzej ^a   Turnau, Andrzej ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Decision support tools; Dispatching control; Public transport; Simulation on time service

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

DISPATCHING CONTROL; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SIMULINK;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0031995483     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-8564(97)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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