Evaluating and Ranking Infrastructure Manager Strategies Using the Combined Ahp/dea Method
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چکیده
Restructuring of European railway companies has resulted in creating new subjects within railway systems infrastructure managers (IM) on the one hand and railway operators (RO) on the other. In this paper we examine the efficiency and rank different business strategies of railway infrastructure managers using the combined AHP/DEA method. Different strategies include different number of paths allocated (different capacity utilization index), different ratio of paths allocated to passenger and freight trains in case of demand for paths being higher than the capacity of the line and infrastructure access charges based on different principles and structure. The method applied for evaluating and ranking different strategies is the combined AHP/DEA method. The results can be used for evaluation of efficient use of infrastructure capacity and financial efficiency of IM simultaneously.
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