Usefulness of rules in scheduling output and employment in freight yards that switch 1500 or more cars per day, is investigated; description of freight yard, switching function, and scheduling problem; derivation of rules; model used is first approximation; it is felt that rules might be used effectively and provide partial solution to railroad problem.
Linear decision rules and freight yard operations
J Indus Eng
Journal of Industrial Engineering ; 9 , n 2
1958
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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