A tactical decision support system for empty railcar management

Transportation Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 306-329

  Sherali, Hanif D ^a   Suharko, Arief B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EMPTY RAILCAR MANAGEMENT;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0032204166     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.32.4.306     Document Type: Article

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