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Apr 26, 2012
Optimization of Freight Transportation in Iranian Railway
Publication: Traffic and Transportation Studies (2000)
Abstract
Despite its 70 years of experience, Iranian Islamic Republic Railway (IIRR) plays a minute role in Iran transportation market by 13% in tonnage and 25% in ton-kilometer. The important question IIRR is facing with is that whether this low participation share is due to lack of investment in this industry or inappropriate utilization and inefficient practicing of existing facilities. This paper tries to come up with an answer for said question by using a liner programming model to optimize the utilization of the existing facilities and analyze the importance of the decisions now IIRR is facing with and give some comments on due course.
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Traffic and Transportation Studies (2000)
Pages: 148 - 153
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© 2000 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Buildings
- Business management
- Developing countries
- Engineering fundamentals
- Existing buildings
- Facilities (by type)
- Financial management
- Freight transportation
- Industrial facilities
- Infrastructure
- Investments
- Models (by type)
- Optimization models
- Practice and Profession
- Rail transportation
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
- Transportation engineering
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Hamid Reza Ahadi
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Traffic and Transportation, Northern Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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