Modeling hazardous materials risks for different train make-up plans

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 907-918

  Bagheri, Morteza ^a   Saccomanno, Frank ^b   Fu, Liping ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hazardous materials; Railway transportation; Risk

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; MATERIALS HANDLING; RAILROADS; RAILS;

ASSEMBLY PROCESS; CASE-STUDIES; CHICAGO; DERAILMENT RISKS; EN-ROUTE; LOS ANGELES; OPERATIONS COST; PLACEMENT MODEL; RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION; RISK MINIMIZATION;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

MODELING; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAIN;

CALIFORNIA; CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859741885     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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