A Novel Model for Bus Stop Location Appropriate for Public Transit Network Design: The Case of Central Business Districts (CBD) of Tehran

Subject Areas : International Journal of Smart Electrical Engineering

Majid  Jahani ¹ (Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.)
S. Mehdi  Hashemi ² (Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.)
Mehdi  Ghatee ³ (Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.)
Mohsen  Jahanshahi ⁴ (Young Researchers and Elite club, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2015-04-13 Accepted : 2015-04-13 Published : 2013-06-01

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