Handbook of Operations Research Applications at Railroads

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Patty, Bruce W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 222
• Subjects: Business.; Transportation.; Organization.; Planning.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This is the first book to offer a complete spectrum of the role that operations research has played and can play in the improvement of North American freight railroads. It explores how decisions are made at railroads, contains examples of the mathematical programming formulations to the complex prob...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Train Scheduling
• Locomotive Scheduling Problem
• Simulation of Line of Road Operations
• Car Scheduling/Trip Planning
• Railway Blocking Process
• Crew Scheduling Problem
• Empty Railcar Distribution
• Network Analysis and Simulation
• Simulation of Yard and Terminal Operations
• Operations Research in Rail Pricing and Revenus Management
• Intermodal Rail.