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Management of large it projects: the passenger reservation system of Indian railways
(2010-03-26)
The Passenger Reservation System of Indian Railways is a major computer application in a visible, consumer sensitive area. The involves a distributed database, spread over five host computers located in five metropolitan ...
Resource mobilisation strategies for financing of transport infrastructure and services
(2010-03-27)
Transport infrastructure development in India has been slow and unsatisfactory due to the excessive dependence on budgetary support from the State and due to the dominance of state controlled enterprises. Future investment ...
Privatization of ports - framework for governmental action
(2010-04-05)
Given the delays and congestions at ports, leading to extensive demurrage charges for ships, a lot of attention on improving port productivity through better management systems and infrastructure developments are being ...
Study of the problem of improving the utilization of the non-suburban passenger fleet in Indian railways
(2010-03-14)
This paper studies the problem of improving the utilization of the non-suburban passenger fleet of the Indian Railways. The constant growth of the non-suburban passenger traffic outstrips the additions provided to the ...
Public expenditure accountability in the telecom sector
(2010-01-16)
The telecom sector has seen much change during the past two decades. At first, it was the opening up of the equipment manufacturing sector, followed by the corporatisation of the government owned entities, Videsh Sanchar ...
Retail sales data: the hidden treasure
(2010-01-18)
Increasingly, retail outlets; be it in the large organized sector or unorganized sector, have started computerizing their point of sale (POS) transactions. This opens up opportunities for using the information towards ...
Roadmap for logistics excellence: need to break the unholy equilibrium
(2010-01-16)
This white paper attempts to provide a roadmap for India to move towards logistics excellence. Apart from raising issues that are currently relevant, it also draws from the issues that were raised in the previous three ...
Role of universal service obligation fund in rural telecom services: lesson from the Indian experience
(2010-09-07)
Despite the tremendous growth of mobile services in most developing countries, these
have largely remained limited to urban areas, aggravating the existing urban and rural divide.
Policy makers and regulators perceive ...
Crew scheduling in Indian railways: a case study of Vadodara division passenger train crews
(2010-03-14)
In this paper we discuss the crew scheduling problem in Indian Railways and propose a methodology to minimize crew requirements. In Particular, we deal with the scheduling of passenger train crews in Vadodara Division of ...
Simulation models to evaluate railway operating policies
(2010-03-23)
In this paper, we describe two applications of simulation models to evaluate the following railway operating policies: 1. Loco assignment at a junction, and 2. Twin single line versus orthodox double line operation. The ...