Estimating flow times for containerized imports from Asia to the United States through the Western rail network

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 296-309

  Leachman, Robert C ^a   Jula, Payman ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congestion Analysis; Containerized import; Intemodal freight transport; Queuing; Rail terminal; Railroad

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; QUEUEING THEORY;

CONGESTION ANALYSIS; CONTAINERIZED IMPORT; FLOW-TIME; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; INTEMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT; QUEUING; QUEUING MODELS; RAIL NETWORKS; RAIL TERMINALS; TRANSIT-TIME;

CONTAINERS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; IMPORT; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL TIME;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 80054102807     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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