Article ID: | iaor20011212 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 124 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 307 |
End Page Number: | 331 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2000 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Chaudhry Sohail S., He Shiwei, Song Rui |
Keywords: | heuristics, transportation: rail |
In this paper, we present a fuzzy dispatching model to assist the coordination among multi-objective decisions in railyards dispatching plan. The objectives considered here are to maximize railyards output and on-time service of the dispatching plan. Genetic algorithms are used to investigate and analyze the fuzzy dispatching model. Experimental results based on real-world problem instances show that the combined, genetic algorithms and fuzzy theory approaches could be a promising way for solving railyards dispatching problem.