A performance benchmarking study of Indian Railway zones

Benchmarking

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 599-617

  George, Sajeev Abraham ^a   Rangaraj, Narayan ^b  

^a MHSS College of Engineering   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Data analysis; India; Railways; Supply and demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749108648     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770810903178     Document Type: Article

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