An Objective Train Timetabling Quality Evaluation Method
Joint Authors
Ni, Shaoquan
Jiang, Feng
Yu, Da-ben
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-06-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The train timetable dominates the rail traffic organization.
The timetabling quality should be evaluated to check the work skill of train timetable managers.
The values of existing timetable evaluation indexes vary with infrastructure features and traffic flow; therefore, they are not comparable in fact.
Furthermore, subjective inputs like expert scores are involved in evaluation; this will lead to unreliable results because the experts may have different opinions.
To overcome these shortages, we propose a relative train path efficiency index by taking the train paths as production units.
Each unit consumes some transport resources and produces some feedback outputs.
A DEA model is applied to compute the train path efficiency.
Two statistical functions of train path efficiency are used to evaluate the timetabling quality.
We verify our method with real-world timetables.
First, we use the Shibantan-to-Xinqiao line timetable to test the relative feature of the index proposed, and the results show that the train path efficiency value is relative and can reflect whether the stops are evenly distributed or not.
Second, we evaluate the timetabling quality of another two timetables of the Qingdao-to-Jinan line with different traffic flows, and the results show that, compared with the 2012 timetable, the timetabling quality decreased in 2013.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jiang, Feng& Yu, Da-ben& Ni, Shaoquan. 2017. An Objective Train Timetabling Quality Evaluation Method. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1190054
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jiang, Feng…[et al.]. An Objective Train Timetabling Quality Evaluation Method. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1190054
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jiang, Feng& Yu, Da-ben& Ni, Shaoquan. An Objective Train Timetabling Quality Evaluation Method. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1190054
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1190054