Application of optimization techniques to the railroad empty car distribution process: A Survey

Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-74

  Bojović, Nebojša J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Empty car allocation; Fleet size; Rail freight cars

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144455462     PISSN: 03540243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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