A review of key planning and scheduling in the rail industry in Europe and UK

Christopher Turner, Ashutosh Tiwari, Andrew Starr, Kevin Blacktop
2015 Proceedings of the Institution of mechanical engineers. Part F, journal of rail and rapid transit  
Planning and scheduling activities within the rail industry have benefited from developments in computer-based simulation and modelling techniques over the last 25 years. Increasingly, the use of computational intelligence in such tasks is featuring more heavily in research publications. This paper examines a number of common rail-based planning and scheduling activities and how they benefit from five broad technology approaches. Summary tables of papers are provided relating to rail planning
more » ... d scheduling activities and to the use of expert and decision systems in the rail industry.
doi:10.1177/0954409714565654 fatcat:4gg24wyturedfgzs6gibzz4b2m