Railway capacity model and decision support process for strategic capacity planning

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2197, 2010, Pages 19-28

  Lai, Yung Cheng ^a   Shih, Mei Cheng ^a   Jong, Jyh Cherng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SINOTECH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PASSENGER CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

CAPACITY DECISIONS; CAPACITY MODELING; CAPACITY PLANNING; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; DECISION SUPPORT PROCESS; NETWORK CAPACITY; PLANNING PROCESS; RAILWAY CAPACITY; RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION; STRATEGIC CAPACITY PLANNING;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 79551598751     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2197-03     Document Type: Article

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