Optimizing the fleet size of a personal rapid transit system: A case study in port of Rotterdam

IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 301-305

  Jie, Li ^a,b   Sen, Chen Yu ^d,f   Hao, Li ^a   Andreasson, Ingmar ^e   Van Zuylen, Henk J ^a,c,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TRAIL Research School

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Hunan University ^*

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL COSTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FLEET SIZES; HIGH DEMAND; INVESTMENT COSTS; LARGER NETWORKS; LEVEL OF SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION TASK; PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM; PERSONAL RAPID TRANSITS; PRT SYSTEMS; ROTTERDAM; TRAFFIC SIMULATIONS; USER COST; WAITING TIME;

AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COSTS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FLEET OPERATIONS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; OPTIMIZATION; PORTS AND HARBORS; RAPID TRANSIT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650474089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITSC.2010.5625002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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