Decreasing the passenger waiting time for an intercity rail network

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 478-492

  Vansteenwegen, P ^a   Van Oudheusden, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Linear programming; Railway transfers; Robustness; Running time supplements; Timetabling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL;

RAILWAY TRANSFERS; RUNNING TIME SUPPLEMENTS; TIMETABLING;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

LINEAR PROGRAMING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845482682     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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