Enhanced parametric railway capacity evaluation tool

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2117, 2009, Pages 33-40

  Lai, Yung Cheng ^a   Barkan, Christopher P L ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION TABLES; EXPANSION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

CANADIAN NATIONALS; CAPACITY EXPANSION; CAPACITY EXPANSION PROJECTS; DECISION SUPPORTS; EVALUATION TOOL; EXPANSION PLANS; RAILROAD COMPANY; RAILROAD LINES; RAILWAY CAPACITY; SUPPORT TOOL;

RAILROADS;

EID: 76149099913     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2117-05     Document Type: Article

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