A new computational model for the design of an urban inter-modal public transit network

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 499-510

  Peng, Sheng ^a   Fan, Henry S L ^b  

^a Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

INTER-MODAL PUBLIC TRANSIT NETWORK; ROUTING; SERVICE PLANNING;

RAPID TRANSIT;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RAPID TRANSIT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

DESIGN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SOFTWARE; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 34548264104     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2007.00506.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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