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Optimizing the Long-Term Operating Plan of Railway Marshalling Station for Capacity Utilization Analysis
Joint Authors
Zhou, Wenliang
Qin, Jin
Yang, Xia
Deng, Lianbo
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-11-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Not only is the operating plan the basis of organizing marshalling station’s operation, but it is also used to analyze in detail the capacity utilization of each facility in marshalling station.
In this paper, a long-term operating plan is optimized mainly for capacity utilization analysis.
Firstly, a model is developed to minimize railcars’ average staying time with the constraints of minimum time intervals, marshalling track capacity, and so forth.
Secondly, an algorithm is designed to solve this model based on genetic algorithm (GA) and simulation method.
It divides the plan of whole planning horizon into many subplans, and optimizes them with GA one by one in order to obtain a satisfactory plan with less computing time.
Finally, some numeric examples are constructed to analyze (1) the convergence of the algorithm, (2) the effect of some algorithm parameters, and (3) the influence of arrival train flow on the algorithm.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhou, Wenliang& Yang, Xia& Qin, Jin& Deng, Lianbo. 2014. Optimizing the Long-Term Operating Plan of Railway Marshalling Station for Capacity Utilization Analysis. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048907
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhou, Wenliang…[et al.]. Optimizing the Long-Term Operating Plan of Railway Marshalling Station for Capacity Utilization Analysis. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048907
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhou, Wenliang& Yang, Xia& Qin, Jin& Deng, Lianbo. Optimizing the Long-Term Operating Plan of Railway Marshalling Station for Capacity Utilization Analysis. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048907
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1048907