Mean-Variance Model for the Build-Operate-Transfer Scheme Under Demand Uncertainty

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1857, 2003, Pages 93-101

  Chen, Anthony ^a   Subprasom, Kitti ^a   Ji, Zhaowang ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SET THEORY; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER (BOT); DEMAND UNCERTAINITY; MEAN-VARIANCE MODELS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 2142698666     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1857-11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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