The automatic generation of transhipment plans for a train-train terminal: Application to the Spanish-French border

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 545-567

  Gonzalez, Jose Angel ^a   Ponce, Eva ^a   Mataix, Carlos ^a   Carrasco, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Combined transport; Linear programming; Spain; Train train terminal; Transhipment planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; LINEARIZATION; LOCOMOTIVES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORT TERMINALS; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROADS; RAILS; RESEARCH; ROADS AND STREETS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

A-TRAIN; AUTOMATIC GENERATION; CARGO TERMINALS; COMBINED TRANSPORT; DECISION SUPPORTS; EUROPEAN; LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; RAILWAY NETWORKS; SPAIN; SPANISH; TRAIN TERMINAL; TRAIN-TRAIN TERMINAL; TRANSHIPMENT; TRANSHIPMENT PLANNING;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

AUTOMATION; CONTAINER TERMINAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; LINEAR PROGRAMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAIN; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; PORT BOU; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

GRUIDAE;

EID: 52349105854     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060802364539     Document Type: Article

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