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Computer-based decision support for railway traffic scheduling and dispatching: A review of models and algorithms

Authors: Johanna Törnquist

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 2, 5th Workshop on Algorithmic Methods and Models for Optimization of Railways (ATMOS'05) (2006)


Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the research in railway scheduling and dispatching. A distinction is made between tactical scheduling, operational scheduling and re-scheduling. Tactical scheduling refers to master scheduling, whereas operational scheduling concerns scheduling at a later stage. Re-scheduling focuses on the re-planning of an existing timetable when deviations from it have occurred. 48 approaches published between 1973 and 2005 have been reviewed according to a framework that classifies them with respect to problem type, solution mechanism, and type of evaluation. 26 of the approaches support the representation of a railway network rather than a railway line, but the majority has been experimentally evaluated for traffic on a line. 94 % of the approaches have been subject to some kind of experimental evaluation, while approximately 4 % have been implemented. The solutions proposed vary from myopic, priority-based algorithms, to traditional operations research techniques and the application of agent technology.This paper provides an overview of the research in railway scheduling and dispatching. A distinction is made between tactical scheduling, operational scheduling and re-scheduling. Tactical scheduling refers to master scheduling, whereas operational scheduling concerns scheduling at a later stage. Re-scheduling focuses on the re-planning of an existing timetable when deviations from it have occurred. 48 approaches published between 1973 and 2005 have been reviewed according to a framework that classifies them with respect to problem type, solution mechanism, and type of evaluation. 26 of the approaches support the representation of a railway network rather than a railway line, but the majority has been experimentally evaluated for traffic on a line. 94 % of the approaches have been subject to some kind of experimental evaluation, while approximately 4 % have been implemented. The solutions proposed vary from myopic, priority-based algorithms, to traditional operations research techniques and the application of agent technology.

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Johanna Törnquist. Computer-based decision support for railway traffic scheduling and dispatching: A review of models and algorithms. In 5th Workshop on Algorithmic Methods and Models for Optimization of Railways (ATMOS'05). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 2, pp. 1-23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2006)


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@InProceedings{tornquist:OASIcs.ATMOS.2005.659,
  author =	{T\"{o}rnquist, Johanna},
  title =	{{Computer-based decision support for railway traffic scheduling and dispatching: A review of models and algorithms}},
  booktitle =	{5th Workshop on Algorithmic Methods and Models for Optimization of Railways (ATMOS'05)},
  pages =	{1--23},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-00-2},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2006},
  volume =	{2},
  editor =	{Kroon, Leo G. and M\"{o}hring, Rolf H.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2005.659},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-6592},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ATMOS.2005.659},
  annote =	{Keywords: Decision support, railway traffic scheduling, railway traffic dispatching, overview}
}
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