Solving multi-objective optimization formulation for fleet planning in a railway industry

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-197

  Sayarshad, Hamid Reza ^a   Javadian, Nikbakhsh ^a   Tavakkoli Moghaddam, Reza ^b   Forghani, Nastaran ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Fleet planning; Multi objective model; Rail car size; Railway

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649789518     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-010-0714-1     Document Type: Article

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