Developing green fleet management strategies: Repair/retrofit/replacement decisions under environmental regulation

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1216-1226

  Stasko, Timon H ^a   Oliver Gao, H ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate dynamic programming; Emissions regulations; Fleet management; Parallel asset replacement; Vehicle replacement

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MANAGERS; REPAIR; SALES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VEHICLES;

APPROXIMATE DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; EMISSIONS REGULATIONS; FLEET MANAGEMENT; PARALLEL ASSET REPLACEMENTS; VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

DECISION MAKING; EXHAUST EMISSION; MANAGEMENT; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; REPAIR; REPLACEMENT; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

EID: 84862242910     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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