Modeling a rail transit alignment considering different objectives

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-45

  Samanta, Sutapa ^a   Jha, Manoj K ^a  

^a Center of Excellence for Tactical and Advanced Communications Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic Algorithm; GIS; Optimization; Rail transit alignment; Variable demand

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOCATION; OPTIMIZATION;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM DATABASES (GIS); MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; RAIL TRANSIT; VARIABLE DEMANDS;

LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL DEMAND; URBAN TRANSPORT;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 78349310645     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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