Computers in transport planning and operation

THIS BOOK DESCRIBES A WIDE RANGE OF TRANSPORT PLANNING PROJECTS IN WHICH COMPUTERS HAVE BEEN OR COULD BE OF VALUE. SEVERAL CHAPTERS ARE DEVOTED TO BUS OPERATION (DEMAND FOR BUS TRANSPORT PLANNING BUS ROUTES, SERVICE INTERVALS, AND SCHEDULES, BUS CREW SCHEDULING, AND ROSTERING), AND THE FIELDS OF RAIL, AIR, AND ROAD FREIGHT TRANSPORT ARE ALL SURVEYED IN DETAIL. THE APPENDICES INCLUDE LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND A SUMMARY OF THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN BUS OPERATION. /TRRL/