LINEAR PROGRAMMING OF EMPTY WAGON DISPOSITION

Deals with the problem of optimizing wagon hours on a railways division with and without constraints on route capacities. Both the linear programming techniques, namely, the Transportation and the Simplex methods have been discussed with the aid of simple numerical examples bringing out their basic differences as well as the scope of their application. It has been taken for granted that the readers are aware of the iterative procedures involved in the two methods.

• Corporate Authors:

  International Railway Congress Association

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  1000 Brussels,   Belgium 
• Authors:
  • Misra, S C
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 151-158
• Serial:
  • RAIL INTERNATIONAL
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car distribution (Railroads); Car utilization (Railroads); Linear programming
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046754
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1974 12:00AM