Analysis of delays and delay mitigation on a metropolitan rail network using event based simulation

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-77

  Wales, Joseph ^a   Marinov, Marin ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Delay analysis; Event based simulations; Metropolitan railway network; Punctuality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

DELAY ANALYSIS; EVENT BASED SIMULATION; METROPOLITAN RAILWAY; MITIGATING DELAYS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PUNCTUALITY; SIMULATION MODEL; SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 84922330217     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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