Measuring the cost effectiveness of multimode bus transit in the presence of accident risks

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-407

  Yu, Ming Miin ^a   Fan, Chih Ku ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Ministry of Transportation and Communications Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bus transit; Cost effectiveness; Multiactivity data envelopment analysis; Undesirable output

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GRAPH THEORY; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK PERCEPTION;

BUS TRANSIT; DIRECTIONAL GRAPH DISTANCE FUNCTION; MULTIACTIVITY DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

BUS TRANSPORT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33749039454     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060600917728     Document Type: Article

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