Testing schedule performance and reliability for train stations

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 666-682

  Carey, M ^a   Carville, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rail transport; Reliability; Simulation; Timetabling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034396319     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600939     Document Type: Article

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