Multi-criteria approaches for urban passenger transport systems: a literature review

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-87

  Camargo Pérez, Johanna ^a   Carrillo, Martha Helena ^a   Montoya Torres, Jairo R ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Multi criteria; Passenger transport; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939508095     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-014-1681-8     Document Type: Article

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