Developing railway timetables which guarantee a better service

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 337-350

  Vansteenwegen, P ^a   Oudheusden, D Van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buffer times; Linear programming; Railway connections; Robustness; Timetabling

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SCHEDULING;

BUFFER TIMES; RAILWAY CONNECTIONS; TIMETABLING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33646079626     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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