RAILROAD CAR DISTRIBUTION PERFORMANCE: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND UNDERLYING MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIPS
Car distribution performance, which can be measured in terms of car days, car miles, or other measures, depends on many factors. The mathematical relationships underlying car distribution performance are presented, including equations for analyzing situations in which cars are in surplus or shortage situations. Improving performance requires a coordinated effort involving many organizations and railroad departments, not simply changes in the way that car distribution decisions are made. A framework for structuring this coordination is given.
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Authors:
- Martland, Carl D
- McCord, Mark
- Publication Date: 1983
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 43-49
- Monograph Title: Rail freight
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 917
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Mathematical models; Performance; Physical distribution; Railroad cars; Simulation
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00381867
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309035600
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM