A strategic planning model for the railway system accident rescue problem

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-96

  Cheng, Yung Hsiang ^a   Liang, Zheng Xian ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Railway accident rescue; Risk assessment; Strategic planning model

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCES; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ACCESSIBILITY; EMERGENCY RESCUE; EMERGENCY SYSTEM; PLANNING MODELS; RAILWAY ACCIDENT RESCUE; RAILWAY ACCIDENTS; RAILWAY SYSTEM; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING MODEL; SYSTEM ACCIDENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCESSIBILITY; ACCIDENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEARCH AND RESCUE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84903851695     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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