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URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-11820
URL: http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2007/1182/
Nahapetyan, Artyom ; Ahuja, Ravindra K. ; Sargut, F. Zeynep ; John, Andy ; Somani, Kamalesh

17. A Simulation/Optimization Framework for Locomotive Planning

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Abstract

In this paper, we give an overview of the Locomotive Simulater/Optimizer (LSO) decision support system developed by us for railroads. This software is designed to imitate locomotive movement across a rail network, and it simulates all four major components of the system; trains, locomotives, terminals, and shops in an integrated framework. It includes about 20 charts that allow evaluating system performance using standard measures. LSO can be used by locomotive management to per- form "what-if" analysis and evaluate system performance for different input data; it provides a safe environment for experimentation. We have tested the software on real data and output showed that the software closely imitates day-to-day operations. We have also performed differ- ent scenario analysis, and reports illustrate that the software correctly reflects input data changes.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{nahapetyan_et_al:DSP:2007:1182,
  author =	{Artyom Nahapetyan and Ravindra K. Ahuja and F. Zeynep Sargut and Andy John and Kamalesh Somani},
  title =	{17. A Simulation/Optimization Framework for Locomotive Planning},
  booktitle =	{ATMOS 2007 - 7th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modeling, Optimization, and Systems},
  year =	{2007},
  editor =	{Christian Liebchen and Ravindra K. Ahuja and Juan A. Mesa},
  publisher =	{Internationales Begegnungs- und Forschungszentrum f{"u}r Informatik (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2007/1182},
  annote =	{Keywords: Railroad simulation, locomotive engine planning},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-04-0}
}

Keywords: Railroad simulation, locomotive engine planning
Seminar: ATMOS 2007 - 7th Workshop on Algorithmic Methods and Models for Optimization of Railways
Documenttype: InProceedings
Issue date: 2007
Date of publication: 06.11.2007

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