Keyword: transportation: rail

Found 133 papers in total
Decision on economical rail grinding interval for controlling rolling contact fatigue
Decision on economical rail grinding interval for controlling rolling contact fatigue
2005,
Rail players around the world have been increasing axle loads to improve the...
Bicriteria train scheduling for high-speed passenger railroad planning applications
Bicriteria train scheduling for high-speed passenger railroad planning applications
2005,
This paper is concerned with a double-track train scheduling problem for planning...
A comparative analysis of the forecasting ability of classic econometric and fuzzy models
A comparative analysis of the forecasting ability of classic econometric and fuzzy models
2005,
The present paper analyzes the accuracy of forecasting ability that can be reached by...
Network service scheduling and routing
Network service scheduling and routing
2004,
Real-life vehicle routing problems generally have both routing and scheduling aspects...
Locating stops along bus or railway lines – A bicriteria problem
Locating stops along bus or railway lines – A bicriteria problem
2005,
In this paper we consider the location of stops along the edges of an already existing...
An intelligent decision support system for service network planning
An intelligent decision support system for service network planning
2005,
The joint use of an optimization model and a simulation model as a two-stage...
Scheduling transportation of live animals to avoid the spread of diseases
Scheduling transportation of live animals to avoid the spread of diseases
2004,
In the classical vehicle-routing problem (VRP) the objective is to service some...
A flexible, fast, and optimal modeling approach applied to crew rostering at London Underground
A flexible, fast, and optimal modeling approach applied to crew rostering at London Underground
2004,
We present a general modeling approach to crew rostering and its application to...
Locomotives' operability simulation model
Locomotives' operability simulation model
2003,
Inventory management is an important area within the organizations since it determines...
An experimental study of the effect of low-noise wheels in reducing noise and vibration
An experimental study of the effect of low-noise wheels in reducing noise and vibration
2002,
Wheel/rail interaction is a major source of railway noise. A low-noise wheel structure...
Modeling and solving the train timetabling problem
Modeling and solving the train timetabling problem
2002,
The train timetabling problem aims at determining a periodic timetable for a set of...
Organizational and union commitment among railroad employees
Organizational and union commitment among railroad employees
1997,
This study examines the relationship between union and organizational commitment among...
An alternative accident prediction model for highway–rail interfaces
An alternative accident prediction model for highway–rail interfaces
2002,
Safety levels at highway–rail interfaces continue to be of major concern despite...
Productivity growth in European railways: A new approach
Productivity growth in European railways: A new approach
2002,
The paper develops a model to represent the cost structure of European railways based...
Scheduling trains and containers with due dates and dynamic arrivals
Scheduling trains and containers with due dates and dynamic arrivals
2001,
We consider the problem of scheduling trains and containers (or trucks and pallets)...
An integrated optimization model for train crew management
An integrated optimization model for train crew management
2001,
Train crew management involves the development of a duty timetable for each of the...
Cane railway scheduling via constraint logic programming: Labelling order and constraints in a real-life application
Cane railway scheduling via constraint logic programming: Labelling order and constraints in a real-life application
2001,
In Australia, cane transport is the largest unit cost in the manufacturing of raw...
Simultaneous assignment of locomotives and cars to passenger trains
Simultaneous assignment of locomotives and cars to passenger trains
2001,
The problem of assigning locomotives and cars to trains is a complex task for most...
Risk assessment of a new high-speed railway
Risk assessment of a new high-speed railway
1993,
A quantitative risk assessment has been carried out for the conceptual stage of the...
Greedy heuristics for rapid scheduling of trains on a single track
Greedy heuristics for rapid scheduling of trains on a single track
1998,
This paper describes the core algorithm used in an implementation of a scheduler...
Fuzzy dispatching model and genetic algorithms for railyards operations
Fuzzy dispatching model and genetic algorithms for railyards operations
2000,
In this paper, we present a fuzzy dispatching model to assist the coordination among...
Scheduling and facility design for transit railcar maintenance
Scheduling and facility design for transit railcar maintenance
2000,
This paper develops models to evaluate the operational efficiency of alternative...
An environmental economic analysis of the new rail link to European main port Rotterdam
An environmental economic analysis of the new rail link to European main port Rotterdam
2000,
After a long policy debate it has been decided to built in the near future a new rail...
Multidimensional optimization with a fuzzy genetic algorithm
Multidimensional optimization with a fuzzy genetic algorithm
1998,
We present a new heuristic method to approximate the set of Pareto-optimal solutions...
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