Increasing transport efficiency using simulation modeling in a dynamic modeling approach

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 433-441

  Upreti, Girish ^a   Rao, Prasanna V ^a   Sawhney, Rapinder S ^a   Atuahene, Isaac ^a   Dhingra, Rajive ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Bus route; Dynamic simulation; Transportation

Indexed keywords

BUSES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPERATING COSTS; TRANSPORTATION;

BUS ROUTE; DYNAMIC MODELING APPROACH; MOVEMENT OF PEOPLES; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

EID: 84922363484     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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