Inter-city bus scheduling for allied carriers

Transportmetrica

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-185

  Chen, Chia Hung ^a   Yan, Shangyao ^b   Tseng, Chih Hwang ^c  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Ministry of Transportation and Communications Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alliance; Fleet routing; Inter city bus; Multiple commodity network flow problem

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCE; CITY BUS; COMPLETE NETWORKS; FLEET ROUTING; MULTIPLE COMMODITY NETWORK FLOW PROBLEM; OPERATING DATA; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; OPERATION EFFICIENCIES; SCHEDULING MODELS; VEHICLE FLEETS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; DECISION MAKING; SCHEDULING;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

EID: 77956412289     PISSN: 18128602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18128600902853197     Document Type: Article

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