Evaluating the competitiveness of railways in timber transports with discrete-event simulation

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-458

  Saranen, Juha ^a   Hilmola, Olli Pekka ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

deregulation; freight; railways; simulation; transportation modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549104564     PISSN: 17494729     EISSN: 17494737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/WRITR.2007.017097     Document Type: Article

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