Kriging models for payload distribution optimisation of freight trains

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 4878-4890

  Arcidiacono, Gabriele ^a   Berni, Rossella ^b   Cantone, Luciano ^c   Placidoli, Pierpaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME G MARCONI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

design of experiments; Mat rn function; ordinary Kriging; simulation applications; train braking system

Indexed keywords

BRAKING PERFORMANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; INTERPOLATION;

COMPRESSION FORCE; COVARIANCE STRUCTURES; DIFFERENT SHAPES; MASS DISTRIBUTION; ORDINARY KRIGING; PAY LOAD CAPACITY; SIMULATION APPLICATIONS; TRAIN BRAKING;

FREIGHT CARS;

EID: 85007199698     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1268275     Document Type: Article

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