Allocation of buses on interdependent regional bus transit routes

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 208-214

  Kalaga, Ramachandra Rao ^a   Datta, R N ^b   Sudhakar Reddy, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PEOPLE MOVERS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

BASE FREQUENCIES;

BUSES;

BUS TRANSPORT; METHODOLOGY; REGIONAL PLANNING; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0342960884     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2001)127:3(208)     Document Type: Article

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