Handbook of Optimization in the Railway Industry

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• 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.

 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. 

 Chapter1: Simulation of Rail Operations -- Chapter2: Capacity Assessment in Railway Networks -- Chapter3: Aggregation methods for railway network design based on lifted Benders Cuts -- Chapter4: Freight Train Routing -- Chapter5: Robust Train Timetabling -- Chapter6: Modern Challenges in Timetabling -- Chapter7: Railway Track Allocation -- Chapter8: Use of Optimization Tools for Routing in Rail Freight Transport -- Chapter9: Optimization of Railway Freight Shunting -- Chapter10: Optimization of Rolling Stock Rotations -- Chapter11: Railway Crew Management -- Chapter12: Train Dispatching -- Chapter13: Delay Propagation and Delay Management in Transportation Networks.