Lowest cost intermodal rail freight transport bundling networks: Conceptual structuring and identification

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-180

  Kreutzberger, Ekki ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77955195594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15677141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2010.10.2.2880     Document Type: Article

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