Towards the improvement of a combined transport chain performance

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 420-436

  Ballis, Athanasios ^a   Golias, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expert system; Intermodal transport chain; Modelling tools; Simulation; Terminal design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

TERMINAL DESIGN;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0141755202     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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