Study of Railway Passenger Transport in the European Union
This paper examine the development of railway passenger transport in the European Union countries by using criteria related to the transportation process and the level of economic development of the countries. The study proposes a methodology based on the combination of multicriteria methods. In the...
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Slavonski Brod, Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Osijek, Faculty of Civil Engineering in Osijek
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| description | This paper examine the development of railway passenger transport in the European Union countries by using criteria related to the transportation process and the level of economic development of the countries. The study proposes a methodology based on the combination of multicriteria methods. In the first step we determine the indicators to be used in evaluating railway passenger development. As main criteria of the assessment we have chosen social and economic factors, infrastructure factors, factors associated with travel and technological factors. In the second step, using the Fuzzy AHP method, the weights of the criteria and sub-criteria have been calculated. In the third step, we have rated the studied countries by means of the PROMETHEE method. The results show that the factors associated with travel and technological factors have great importance in the ranking of the countries and that, when all factors are taken into account, the countries with the most highly developed railway passenger transport are Germany, Britain and France. The results of the method in the fourth step were compared by applying Cluster analysis. The railway passenger transport in European Union countries have been classified into 5 groups. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-842f637e4f284c08a33b05610d4fca692024-04-15T14:44:36ZengFaculty of Mechanical Engineering in Slavonski Brod, Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Osijek, Faculty of Civil Engineering in OsijekTehnički Vjesnik1330-36511848-63392018-01-0125258759510.17559/TV-20160926152630Study of Railway Passenger Transport in the European UnionSvetla Stoilova0Technical University-Sofia, Faculty of Transport, 1000 Sofia, 8 Kl, Ohridski Blvd, BulgariaThis paper examine the development of railway passenger transport in the European Union countries by using criteria related to the transportation process and the level of economic development of the countries. The study proposes a methodology based on the combination of multicriteria methods. In the first step we determine the indicators to be used in evaluating railway passenger development. As main criteria of the assessment we have chosen social and economic factors, infrastructure factors, factors associated with travel and technological factors. In the second step, using the Fuzzy AHP method, the weights of the criteria and sub-criteria have been calculated. In the third step, we have rated the studied countries by means of the PROMETHEE method. The results show that the factors associated with travel and technological factors have great importance in the ranking of the countries and that, when all factors are taken into account, the countries with the most highly developed railway passenger transport are Germany, Britain and France. The results of the method in the fourth step were compared by applying Cluster analysis. The railway passenger transport in European Union countries have been classified into 5 groups.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/293220classificationcluster analysisFAHPPROMETHEErailway transport |
| spellingShingle | Svetla Stoilova Study of Railway Passenger Transport in the European Union Tehnički Vjesnik classification cluster analysis FAHP PROMETHEE railway transport |
| title | Study of Railway Passenger Transport in the European Union |
| title_full | Study of Railway Passenger Transport in the European Union |
| title_fullStr | Study of Railway Passenger Transport in the European Union |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of Railway Passenger Transport in the European Union |
| title_short | Study of Railway Passenger Transport in the European Union |
| title_sort | study of railway passenger transport in the european union |
| topic | classification cluster analysis FAHP PROMETHEE railway transport |
| url | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/293220 |
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