A delay estimation technique for single and double-track railroads

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 483-495

  Murali, Pavankumar ^a   Dessouky, Maged ^a   Ordóñez, Fernando ^a   Palmer, Kurt ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Delay estimation; Freight transportation; Railroad capacity planning; Railway routing and scheduling; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

CAPACITY PLANNING; DELAY ESTIMATION; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; RAILROAD CAPACITY PLANNING; RAILWAY ROUTING AND SCHEDULING; ROUTING AND SCHEDULING; TRACK SEGMENTS; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC NETWORKS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMPLEXITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROUTING; SIMULATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949656757     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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