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An evaluation of the fairness of railway timetable rescheduling in the presence of competition between train operators

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An evaluation of the fairness of railway timetable rescheduling in the presence of competition between train operators. / Reynolds, Edwin; Ehrgott, Matthias; Wang, Judith Y.T.
In: Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, Vol. 26, 100389, 30.06.2023.

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Reynolds, E, Ehrgott, M & Wang, JYT 2023, 'An evaluation of the fairness of railway timetable rescheduling in the presence of competition between train operators', Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, vol. 26, 100389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrtpm.2023.100389

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Reynolds, E., Ehrgott, M., & Wang, J. Y. T. (2023). An evaluation of the fairness of railway timetable rescheduling in the presence of competition between train operators. Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, 26, Article 100389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrtpm.2023.100389

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Reynolds E, Ehrgott M, Wang JYT. An evaluation of the fairness of railway timetable rescheduling in the presence of competition between train operators. Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management. 2023 Jun 30;26:100389. Epub 2023 May 2. doi: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2023.100389

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Reynolds, Edwin ; Ehrgott, Matthias ; Wang, Judith Y.T. / An evaluation of the fairness of railway timetable rescheduling in the presence of competition between train operators. In: Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management. 2023 ; Vol. 26.

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