A stochastic analysis of alternate ways of scheduling transport for tourists

Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 67-75

  Chaudhary, Muhammad H ^a   Batabyal, Amitrajeet A ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Scheduling by numbers; Scheduling by time; Tourism; Transport; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867141588     PISSN: 18644031     EISSN: 1864404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12076-009-0024-x     Document Type: Article

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