A heuristic for the location of a rapid transit line

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-12

  Bruno, Giuseppe ^a   Gendreau, Michel ^b   Laporte, Gilbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heuristic; Location; Metro alignment

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

TRANSIT LINES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0036028040     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(00)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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