Simulation of urban rail operations application framework

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2006, 2007, Pages 84-91

  Koutsopoulos, Haris N ^a,b   Wang, Zhigao ^a,c  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c TranSystems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; RAPID TRANSIT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

RAIL SIMULATION; RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS; URBAN RAIL OPERATIONS;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 38849095771     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2006-10     Document Type: Article

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