A model for holding strategy in public transit systems with real-time information

International Journal of Transport Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-110

  Zolfaghari, Saeed ^a   Azizi, Nader ^a   Jaber, Mohamad Y ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Holding strategies; Passengers waiting time; Public transit; Real time information; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747384609     PISSN: 14714051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijtm.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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