Open AccessUSE OF AN EXPENDITURE REDUCING MODEL IN RAILWAY CARRIAGE
Author(s) -
Olga Lingaitienė,
Vytautas Lingaitis
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
transport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1648-4142
pISSN - 1648-3480
DOI - 10.3846/16484142.2006.9638042
Subject(s) - transport engineering , process (computing) , task (project management) , carriage , business , computer science , operations research , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , structural engineering , systems engineering , operating system
Passenger transportation by railway is fast, safe, convenient and affordable for people, but it is usually not profitable for the state. Therefore, making passenger transportation profitable is a task of vital importance. Various calculations are used to optimize this process.The paper considers the problems of economical passenger transportation which may by described by two models: the first model is based on the assessment of income‐expenses of separate services, while the second model is related to the assessment of expenses according to their types.