Understanding short-and long-term implications of "myopic" fleet maintenance policies: A system dynamics application to a city bus company

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-215

  Bivona, Enzo ^a   Montemaggiore, Giovan Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; DECISION MAKING; MAINTENANCE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

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EID: 77957125243     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.450     Document Type: Article

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