Measuring and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of bus public transport systems
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DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2014.09.035
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Keywords
Public transport; Bus lines; DEA; Bootstrapping; Clustering; Performance measurement; Benchmarking; Nonparametric methods;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
- C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
- R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise
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