Using simple simulation models in operational analysis of rail transit lines: Case study of Boston's Red Line

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1677, 1999, Pages 21-30

  Heimburger, Douglas E ^a   Herzenberg, Anne Y ^b   Wilson, Nigel H M ^c  

^a Massachusetts Bay Transp Authority ^*  (United States)

^b Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD SIGNAL SYSTEMS; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL;

RAIL TRANSIT LINES;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0033333057     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1677-03     Document Type: Article

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