Case study: Bus fleet replacement

Engineering Economist

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-278

  Keles, Pinar ^a   Hartman, Joseph C ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGETING CONSTRAINTS; LARGE FLEET PROBLEMS; PARALLEL REPLACEMENT ANALYSIS; TRANSIT FLEETS; TRUCKING COMPANIES;

BUDGET CONTROL; BUS TRANSPORTATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 23344443852     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137910490498951     Document Type: Article

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