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ABOUT THE BOOK

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Simulation of Rail Operations

   • Giorgio Medeossi, Stefano de Fabris

   Pages 1-24

2. Capacity Assessment in Railway Networks

   • Nikola Bešinović, Rob M. P. Goverde

   Pages 25-45

3. Aggregation Methods for Railway Network Design Based on Lifted Benders Cuts

   • Andreas Bärmann, Frauke Liers

   Pages 47-72

4. Freight Train Routing

   • Torsten Klug

   Pages 73-91

5. Robust Train Timetabling

   • Valentina Cacchiani, Paolo Toth

   Pages 93-115

6. Modern Challenges in Timetabling

   • Laura Galli, Sebastian Stiller

   Pages 117-140

7. Railway Track Allocation

   • Gabrio Caimi, Frank Fischer, Thomas Schlechte

   Pages 141-159

8. Use of Optimization Tools for Routing in Rail Freight Transport

   • Armin Fügenschuh, Henning Homfeld, Marc Johann, Hanno Schülldorf, Anke Stieber

   Pages 161-179

9. Optimization of Railway Freight Shunting

   • Markus Bohlin, Ronny Hansmann, Uwe T. Zimmermann

   Pages 181-212

10. Optimization of Rolling Stock Rotations

    • Markus Reuther, Thomas Schlechte

    Pages 213-241

11. Railway Crew Management

    • Erwin Abbink, Dennis Huisman, Leo Kroon

    Pages 243-264

12. Train Dispatching

    • Leonardo Lamorgese, Carlo Mannino, Dario Pacciarelli, Johanna Törnquist Krasemann

    Pages 265-283

13. Delay Propagation and Delay Management in Transportation Networks

    • Twan Dollevoet, Dennis Huisman, Marie Schmidt, Anita Schöbel

    Pages 285-317

14. Back Matter

    Pages 319-321