Minimizing greenhouse gas emissions in intermodal freight transport: An application to rail service design

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 530-542

  Bauer, J ^a   Bektas T ^a   Crainic, T G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Green logistics; Greenhouse gas emissions; Intermodal freight transport; Multicommodity network design; Scheduled service network design; Space time network

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION; SCHEDULING;

GREEN LOGISTICS; INTERMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT; MULTICOMMODITY NETWORKS; SCHEDULED SERVICES; SPACE TIME;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 76849114524     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2009.102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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