Stochastic modelling of delay propagation in large networks

Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 34-50

  Büker, Thorsten ^a   Seybold, Bernhard ^b  

^a VIA Consulting and Development GmbH ^*  (Germany)

^b TrafIT solutions gmbh   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activity graph; Delay distributions; Delay propagation; Estimated time of arrival; Timetable robustness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; CLASS OF DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPUTING PROCESS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; DELAY DISTRIBUTIONS; DELAY PROPAGATION; ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVALS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84870056713     PISSN: 22109706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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