Freight Railway Crew Scheduling

Freight Railway Crew Scheduling
Author: Marc Albers
Publisher: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3832522344

"In this book the author presents foundations of software-based optimization approaches for crew scheduling problems of European freight railways. The focus is put on operations research methods that are used to solve mathematical crew scheduling models."--back cover.

Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport

Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport
Author: Stefan Voß
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642564232

This proceedings volume consists of selected papers presented at the Eighth International Conference on Computer-Aided Scheduling 0/Public Transport (CASPT 2000), which was held at the conference center of the Konrad rd Adenauer-Foundation in Berlin, Germany, from June 2pt to 23 , 2000. The CASPT 2000 is the continuation of aseries of international workshops and conferences presenting recent research and progress in computer-aided scheduling in public transport.Previous workshops and conferences were held in • Chicago (1975), • Leeds (1980), • Montreal (1983 and 1990), • Hamburg (1987), • Lisbon (1993) and • Cambridge, Mass. (1997).1 With CASPT 2000, our series of workshops and conferences celebrated th its 25 anniversary. Starting with a Workshop on Automated Techniques [or Scheduling 0/ Vehicle Operators [or Urban Public Transportation Services in 1975 the scope and purpose has broadened since and still continues to do so. The previous workshops and conferences were focused on public mass transit, and while this remained the primary focus ofthe 2000 conference, it included also computer-aided scheduling methods being developed and applied in re lated means of passenger transport systems. Commonalities regarding op erations research techniques such as, e.g., column generation techniques and 1 While there were no formal proceedings for the first workshop but only a p- printed copy of all papers issued to participants on arrival, the subsequent ones are weil documented as folIows: Wren, A. (Ed.) (1981). Computer Scheduling 0/ Public Transport. North Holland, Amsterdam.

Integration, Decentralization and Self-Organization

Integration, Decentralization and Self-Organization
Author: Rolf Nelson van Lieshout
Publisher: Rolf van Lieshout
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2022-05-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9058926311

Public transport brings undisputed benefits to modern-day societies. Aside from providing an affordable means to get around, its supreme efficiency in comparison with private transport plays a crucial role in curbing congestion and pollution, highlighting the importance of adequate design and operation of public transport systems. The first part of this thesis seeks to improve the planning process of public transport operators by integrating planning steps that are traditionally performed sequentially. The first study considers a combination of line planning and vehicle scheduling, and presents methods that estimate how many vehicles are required to operate a line plan, without having to compute a timetable. The second study combines timetabling and vehicle scheduling, and develops a novel optimization model for jointly optimizing a periodic timetable and vehicle circulation schedule. The second part of this thesis investigates decentralized strategies for operating public transport, with a focus on railway systems. Such strategies could be preferable over conventional centralized and schedule-based control in various scenarios. The first study in this part presents a theoretical analysis of a simple, decentralized strategy for dispatching vehicles. The second study considers the application of decentralized control to out-of-control situations in railways, which includes the development of a solution algorithm to find line plans that are suited for these circumstances. The final study in this thesis tests decentralized dispatching of both vehicles and crew in a microscopic railway simulation.

Managing Passenger Logistics

Managing Passenger Logistics
Author: Paul Fawcett
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780749432140

Addresses the changes in passenger logistics and explores the various ways in which it is planned and managed in the various forms of transport.

Computational Logistics

Computational Logistics
Author: Eduardo Lalla-Ruiz
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 780
Release: 2020-09-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030597474

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computational Logistics, ICCL 2020, held in Enschede, The Netherlands, in September 2020. The 49 papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 73 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: maritime and port logistics; vehicle routing and scheduling; freight distribution and city logistics; network design and scheduling; and selected topics in logistics. Due to the Corona pandemic ICCL 2020 was held as a virtual event.

International Encyclopedia of Transportation

International Encyclopedia of Transportation
Author:
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 4418
Release: 2021-05-13
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0081026722

In an increasingly globalised world, despite reductions in costs and time, transportation has become even more important as a facilitator of economic and human interaction; this is reflected in technical advances in transportation systems, increasing interest in how transportation interacts with society and the need to provide novel approaches to understanding its impacts. This has become particularly acute with the impact that Covid-19 has had on transportation across the world, at local, national and international levels. Encyclopedia of Transportation, Seven Volume Set - containing almost 600 articles - brings a cross-cutting and integrated approach to all aspects of transportation from a variety of interdisciplinary fields including engineering, operations research, economics, geography and sociology in order to understand the changes taking place. Emphasising the interaction between these different aspects of research, it offers new solutions to modern-day problems related to transportation. Each of its nine sections is based around familiar themes, but brings together the views of experts from different disciplinary perspectives. Each section is edited by a subject expert who has commissioned articles from a range of authors representing different disciplines, different parts of the world and different social perspectives. The nine sections are structured around the following themes: Transport Modes; Freight Transport and Logistics; Transport Safety and Security; Transport Economics; Traffic Management; Transport Modelling and Data Management; Transport Policy and Planning; Transport Psychology; Sustainability and Health Issues in Transportation. Some articles provide a technical introduction to a topic whilst others provide a bridge between topics or a more future-oriented view of new research areas or challenges. The end result is a reference work that offers researchers and practitioners new approaches, new ways of thinking and novel solutions to problems. All-encompassing and expertly authored, this outstanding reference work will be essential reading for all students and researchers interested in transportation and its global impact in what is a very uncertain world. Provides a forward looking and integrated approach to transportation Updated with future technological impacts, such as self-driving vehicles, cyber-physical systems and big data analytics Includes comprehensive coverage Presents a worldwide approach, including sets of comparative studies and applications

Introduction to Aviation Operations Management

Introduction to Aviation Operations Management
Author: Sheikh Imran Ishrat
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2023-04-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351399594

Airline operations are large, complex, and expensive. Introduction to Aviation Operations Management attempts to systematically present the overall scenario of aviation industry and airline practices. Furthermore, concepts, strategies, and issues prevailing in the aviation industry are addressed through numerous operations management and optimization approaches. The book aims to provide readers with an insight into aviation industry practices with respect to airport management, resource allocation, airline scheduling, disruption management, and sustainability which are significant for day-to-day aviation operations. Features: Presents operations management perspectives in the aviation sector Discusses global scenarios of aviation industry and airline practices Concepts are explained through operations management and optimization approaches Discusses airport management, resource allocation, airline scheduling, and disruption management issues Includes standard practices and issues related to the aviation industry. This book is aimed at senior undergraduate students pursuing programs related to the aviation industry and operations management.

Computer-Aided Transit Scheduling

Computer-Aided Transit Scheduling
Author: Joachim R. Daduna
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642859666

This volume consists of papers presented at the Fourth International Workshop on Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport, which was held in Hamburg from 28th to 31st July 1987. The first of this series of Workshops was held in Chicago in 1975. Papers presented then tended to look forward to what might be done in the future application of computers to problems in transit scheduling. No presentations described systems which had been implemented and were being used on a regular basis, although a few papers discussed apparently successful once-off applications in both bus scheduling and bus crew scheduling (or run-cutting). However, within a few months of the end of that first workshop some systems had been implemented, both in Europe and in North America. By the time of the second Workshop, in Leeds in 1980, several systems were in regular use. Most of the crew scheduling implementations were based on heuristic methods (e.g., RUCUS), although mathematically based methods were being used in Quebec City and in Hamburg, and several papers described further mathematical methods in the course of development. A wide variety of bus scheduling approaches was reported, many of them being in regular use.