Handbook of Operations Research Applications at Railroads

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Patty, Bruce W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 222
• Subjects: Business.; Transportation.; Organization.; Planning.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This is the first book to offer a complete spectrum of the role that operations research has played and can play in the improvement of North American freight railroads. It explores how decisions are made at railroads, contains examples of the mathematical programming formulations to the complex prob...