Handbook of Optimization in the Railway Industry

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Borndörfer, Ralf (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Klug, Torsten (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lamorgese, Leonardo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mannino, Carlo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Reuther, Markus (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schlechte, Thomas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 268
• Subjects: Operations research.; Decision making.; Management science.; Transportation.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Research, Management Science.
• Physical Description: XXIV, 321 p. 94 illus., 76 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319721538
• ISSN: 0884-8289 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-72153-8

This book promotes the use of mathematical optimization and operations research methods in rail transportation.  The editors assembled thirteen contributions from leading scholars to present a unified voice, standardize terminology, and assess the state-of-the-art. There are three main clusters of articles, corresponding to the classical stages of the planning process: strategic, tactical, and operational.  These three clusters are further subdivided into five parts which correspond to the main phases of the railway network planning process: network assessment, capacity planning, timetabling, resource planning, and operational planning.  Individual chapters cover: Simulation Capacity Assessment Network Design Train Routing Robust Timetabling Event Scheduling Track Allocation Blocking Shunting Rolling Stock Crew Scheduling Dispatching Delay Propagation.