Research Reports |
Title: | The Use of Computerized Railroad Costing Programs in Transportation Management and Analysis |
Authors: | Denver Tolliver |
Publication Date: | Feb 1985 |
Report #: | SP-69 |
TRID #: | 01850994 |
Keywords: | algorithms, cost accounting, data analysis, freight transportation, railroads |
Type: | Research Report – Staff Papers |
This paper highlights some of the principal uses of rail cost data in transportation management and analysis, and describes a computer costing algorithm which can assist transportation managers, shippers, and policy analysts in the estimation of railroad service costs.