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Jan 1, 1955
Condensed version of a 1955 study (RM1380) of means of improving the efficiency of airlift operations.
A 1955 discussion of logistic studies of the movement of passengers and cargo for the military establishment overseas, with special emphasis on the MATS mission in war and in peace....
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A 1955 study of means of improving the efficiency of airlift operations.
A study of the efficient use of transportation systems with an emphasis on the effects of traffic congestion.
A method which estimates the maximal steady-state flow of traffic through a railway network by applying gaming techniques to certain classes of mathematical problems....
Dec 3, 1953
A paper which examines, from an economic standpoint, the switching work of a given system of classification yards through which fixed traffic flows move.
Aug 1, 1953
A 1953 RAND study that investigates the problem of prediction of airplane drag divergence Mach number and provides an empirically determined expression that is applicable to clean airplane configurations.
Jul 1, 1952
A descriptive survey of employment, traffic volume, and labor productivity in USSR railroads from 1928-1950.
Jan 1, 1950
A study of the ability of a railroad freight yard to receive, hold, and deliver freight cars upon order.
Jan 1, 1949
A development of a mathematical model of an air transportation system in order to study the most efficient program of operations for transporting a given amount of goods between two fixed locations per unit of time.
