Performance evaluation of bus routes: A provider and passenger perspective

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 453-478

  Sheth, Chintan ^a   Triantis, Konstantinos ^a   Teodorović, Dušan ^b,c  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Network DEA and goal programming in DEA; The provision of bus services; Transit performance measurement

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 34247534265     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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