Estimation of fleet size for variable bus schedules

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1903, 2005, Pages 3-10

  Ceder, Avishai ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUS TRANSPORTATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GRAPHIC METHODS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

DEADHEADING (DH); FINITE TIME HORIZON; FLEET SIZES; VARIABLE BUS SCHEDULES;

BUSES;

EID: 27744489876     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361198105190300101     Document Type: Article

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