Using simulation modeling to assess rail track infrastructure in densely trafficked metropolitan areas

Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 725-731

  Dessouky, Maged M ^a   Lu, Quan ^a   Leachman, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL;

TRACKAGE CONFIGURATION;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 0036923699     PISSN: 02750708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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