Intelligent timetable evaluation using fuzzy AHP

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3718-3723

  Isaai, Mohammad T ^a   Kanani, Aram ^a   Tootoonchi, Mahshid ^a   Afzali, Hamid R ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuzzy AHP; MADM; Railways timetabling; Train scheduling

Indexed keywords

BEST CHOICE; CUSTOMER CONCERNS; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; FUZZY AHP; MADM; MAXIMUM RATIO; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PASSENGER TRAIN; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; SERVICE EVALUATION; TIMETABLING; TRAIN SCHEDULING; WAITING-TIME;

AVIONICS; BENCHMARKING; FLEET OPERATIONS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROADS; SALES;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 78650693347     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.09.030     Document Type: Article

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