Quantifying railway timetable robustness in critical points

Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 95-110

  Andersson, Emma V ^a   Peterson, Anders ^a   Törnquist Krasemann, Johanna ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delay management; Railway traffic; Robustness measures; Timetabling

Indexed keywords

RAILROADS; SCHEDULING;

DELAY MANAGEMENT; DELAY SENSITIVE TRAFFIC; EUROPEAN RAILWAYS; RAILWAY TIMETABLES; RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ROBUSTNESS MEASURES; TIMETABLING; TIMETABLING PROCESS;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84894609789     PISSN: 22109706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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