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A seemingly simple, yet widely applicable subroutine in automated train scheduling is the insertion of a new train path to a timetable in a railway network. We believe it to be the first step towards a new train-rerouting framework in case…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-29 David Dekker , Carl Henrik Häll , Anders Peterson , Christiane Schmidt

During the pandemic of COVID-19, the demand of the transportation systems are drastically changed both qualitatively and quantitatively and the network has become obsolete. In this article, we study the problem of finding an optimal…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-05-07 Matthieu Guillot , El-Houssaine Aghezzaf , Nour-Eddin El Faouzi , Angelo Furno

Methods for interactive evaluation of the functioning efficiency of the motor transport system for a large city based on the use of U-statistics methods has been formalized. To optimize this technique, effective algorithmic constructions…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-01-02 O. D. Polishchuk , M. S. Yadzhak

India runs the fourth largest railway transport network size carrying over 8 billion passengers per year. However, the travel experience of passengers is frequently marked by delays, i.e., late arrival of trains at stations, causing…

Applications · Statistics 2018-06-11 Ramashish Gaurav , Biplav Srivastava

We study the relationship between synchronization and the rate with which information is exchanged between nodes in a spatio-temporal network that describes the dynamics of classical particles under a substrate Remoissenet-Peyrard…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. M. Moukam Kakmeni , M. S. Baptista

Modelling passenger assignments in public transport networks is a fundamental task for city planners, especially when deliberating network infrastructure decisions. A key aspect of a realistic model is to integrate passengers' selfish…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Tobias Harks , Sven Jäger , Michael Markl , Philine Schiewe

Optimization of the stability of synchronized states between a pair of symmetrically coupled reaction-diffusion systems exhibiting rhythmic spatiotemporal patterns is studied in the framework of the phase reduction theory. The optimal…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2017-08-02 Yoji Kawamura , Sho Shirasaka , Tatsuo Yanagita , Hiroya Nakao

Train delays are a persistent issue in railway systems, particularly in suburban networks where operational complexity is heightened by frequent services and high passenger volumes. Traditional delay models often overlook the temporal and…

Applications · Statistics 2025-12-08 Stefania Colombo , Alfredo Gimenez Zapiola , Francesca Ieva , Simone Vantini

With the widely used method of correlation matrix analysis, this study reveals the change of traffic states on parallel motorways in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In terms of the time series of traffic flow and velocity, we carry out a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-05-18 Sebastian Gartzke , Shanshan Wang , Thomas Guhr , Michael Schreckenberg

In this work and the supporting Parts II [2] and III [3], we provide a rather detailed analysis of the stability and performance of asynchronous strategies for solving distributed optimization and adaptation problems over networks. We…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-12-17 Xiaochuan Zhao , Ali H. Sayed

We investigate the stability of synchronization in networks of dynamical systems with strongly delayed connections. We obtain strict conditions for synchronization of periodic and equilibrium solutions. In particular, we show the existence…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-11-10 Daniel M. N. Maia , Elbert E. N. Macau , Tiago Pereira , Serhiy Yanchuk

We study real-time routing policies in smart transit systems, where the platform has a combination of cars and high-capacity vehicles (e.g., buses or shuttles) and seeks to serve a set of incoming trip requests. The platform can use its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-22 Siddhartha Banerjee , Chamsi Hssaine , Noémie Périvier , Samitha Samaranayake

Time delays are a common perturbation in systems with many states, such as networked, distributed, or decentralized systems. Current methods analyzing the stability of large systems with time delay typically produce very conservative…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-10-31 George Armanious , Rick Lind

Many modern autonomous systems, particularly multi-agent systems, are time-critical and need to be robust against timing uncertainties. Previous works have studied left and right time robustness of signal temporal logic specifications by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-09 Alëna Rodionova , Lars Lindemann , Manfred Morari , George J. Pappas

In High Speed Train Communications (HSTC), the most challenging issue is coping with the extremely fast fading channel. Compared with its static counterpart, channel estimation on the move consumes excessive energy and spectrum to achieve…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-04-01 Chunxu Jiao , Zhaoyang Zhang , Huazi Zhang , Liangliang Zhu

Advanced integration of logistics systems has been promoted for the sake of competitiveness and sustainability. Such efforts will enable more globally optimal and flexible operations by efficiently utilizing transportation capacity. At the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-03-29 Takahiro Ezaki , Naoto Imura , Katsuhiro Nishinari

In many real world scheduling problems, the processing times of tasks are subject to uncertainty. This makes it essential to design schedules that are robust and able to handle potential disruptions. Therefore, we investigate measures that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Casper Loman , Loriana Pascual , Marjan van den Akker , Roel van den Broek , Han Hoogeveen

Synchronization is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nonequilibrium systems. One intriguing example found in every-day life is lifts installed next to each other, that move closely and arrive almost simultaneously during a busy time. However, the…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2026-04-02 Mitsusuke Tarama , Sakurako Tanida

With the growing popularity of mobile smart devices, the existing networks are unable to meet the requirement of many complex scenarios; current network architectures and protocols do not work well with the network with high latency and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-01-08 Huijuan Zhang , Kai Liu

Quantum transport is strongly influenced by interference with phase relations that depend sensitively on the scattering medium. Since even small changes in the geometry of the medium can turn constructive interference to destructive, a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-10 Stefano Mostarda , Federico Levi , Diego Prada-Gracia , Florian Mintert , Francesco Rao