Evaluation method of robustness for train schedules

Quarterly Report of RTRI (Railway Technical Research Institute) (Japan)

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 197-201

  Takeuchi, Yoko ^a   Tomii, Norio ^b   Hirai, Chikara ^a  

^a RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disutility; Monte Carlo simulation; Robustness; Stochastic estimation; Train schedule

Indexed keywords

PASSENGERS; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; TRAIN SCHEDULES;

DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; SCHEDULING;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 37549025728     PISSN: 00339008     EISSN: 18801765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2219/rtriqr.48.197     Document Type: Article

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