Economies of Scale in Empty Freight Car Distribution in Scheduled Railways

نویسندگان

  • Martin Joborn
  • Teodor Gabriel Crainic
  • Michel Gendreau
  • Kaj Holmberg
  • Jan T. Lundgren
چکیده

Teodor Gabriel Crainic Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory, Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7, and Département de management et technologie, École des Sciences de la Gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 6192, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 4R2, [email protected]

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Transportation Science

دوره 38  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004