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Transport Network Design Problem under Uncertainty: A Review and New Developments

Anthony Chen Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 84322-4110, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Zhong Zhou Citilabs, 1211 Miccosukee Road, Tallahassee, Florida, 32308, USA
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Piya Chootinan Bureau of Planning, Department of Highways, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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Seungkyu Ryu Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 84322-4110, USA
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Chao Yang Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, P. R. China
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S. C. Wong Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P.R. China
Pages 743-768 | Received 21 Sep 2010, Accepted 16 May 2011, Published online: 17 Aug 2011

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