Railway traffic disturbance management-An experimental analysis of disturbance complexity, management objectives and limitations in planning horizon

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-266

  Törnquist, Johanna ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispatching; Disturbance management; Railway traffic; Re scheduling

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PLANNING; SCHEDULING;

DISTURBANCE MANAGEMENT; RAILWAY TRAFFIC; RE-SCHEDULING;

RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 36448977879     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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