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This document is the third sub-report from the research project SATT (Samplanering av trafikp{\aa}verkande {\aa}tg\"arder och trafikfl\"oden, modellstudie / Coordinated planning of temporary capacity restrictions and traffic flows, model…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-29 Tomas Lidén , Martin Aronsson

This study addresses the challenge of efficiently assigning locomotives in large freight rail networks, where operational complexity and power imbalances make cost-effective planning difficult. It presents a strategic optimization framework…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Yunji Kim , Amira Hijazi , Kevin Dalmeijer , Pascal Van Hentenryck

Improving traffic management in case of perturbation is one of the main challenges in today's railway research. The great majority of the existing literature proposes approaches to make centralized decisions to minimize delay propagation.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Federico Naldini , Fabio Oddi , Leo D'Amato , Grégory Marlière , Vito Trianni , Paola Pellegrini

This paper introduces a combined approach for the recovery of a timetable by rescheduling trips and vehicle circulations for a rail-based transportation system subject to disruptions. We propose a novel event-based integer programming (IP)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-01-12 Sandor P. Fekete , Alexander Kroeller , Martin Lorek , Marc Pfetsch

We consider robust tactical crew scheduling for a large passenger railway operator, who aims to inform crew early on about their work schedules while also maintaining the ability to respond to changes in the daily timetables. To resolve…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-10 B. T. C. van Rossum , T. Dollevoet , D. Huisman

The classical Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP) focuses on optimizing makespan under deterministic constraints. Real-world production environments introduce additional complexities that cause traditional scheduling approaches to be less…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Jonathan Hoss , Felix Schelling , Noah Klarmann

Train timetabling is a difficult and very tightly constrained combinatorial problem that deals with the construction of train schedules. We focus on the particular problem of local reconstruction of the schedule following a small…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Marc Schoenauer , Yann Semet

Every day, railways experience disturbances and disruptions, both on the network and the fleet side, that affect the stability of rail traffic. Induced delays propagate through the network, which leads to a mismatch in demand and offer for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-06-14 Valerio Agasucci , Giorgio Grani , Leonardo Lamorgese

We investigate a single machine rescheduling problem that arises from an unexpected machine unavailability, after the given set of jobs has already been scheduled to minimize the total weighted completion time. Such a disruption is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-01-27 Wenchang Luo , Taibo Luo , Randy Goebel , Guohui Lin

We present preliminary results from our sixth placed entry to the Flatland international competition for train rescheduling, including two improvements for optimized reinforcement learning (RL) training efficiency, and two hypotheses with…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-04-29 Dano Roost , Ralph Meier , Stephan Huschauer , Erik Nygren , Adrian Egli , Andreas Weiler , Thilo Stadelmann

Trajectory clustering is an important operation of knowledge discovery from mobility data. Especially nowadays, the need for performing advanced analytic operations over massively produced data, such as mobility traces, in efficient and…

Databases · Computer Science 2020-03-03 Panagiotis Tampakis , Nikos Pelekis , Christos Doulkeridis , Yannis Theodoridis

This work addresses the challenge of using a deep learning model to prune graphs and the ability of this method to integrate explainability into spatio-temporal problems through a new approach. Instead of applying explainability to the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Javier García-Sigüenza , Mirco Nanni , Faraón Llorens-Largo , José F. Vicent

Schematic maps are in daily use to show the connectivity of subway systems and to facilitate travellers to plan their journeys effectively. This study surveys up-to-date algorithmic approaches in order to give an overview of the state of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-08-16 Hsiang-Yun Wu , Benjamin Niedermann , Shigeo Takahashi , Martin Nöllenburg

We propose a new global SPACING constraint that is useful in modeling events that are distributed over time, like learning units scheduled over a study program or repeated patterns in music compositions. First, we investigate theoretical…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-03-26 Nina Narodytska , Peter Skocovsky , Toby Walsh

Periodic timetables are widely adopted in passenger railway operations due to their regular service patterns and well-coordinated train connections. However, fluctuations in passenger demand require varying train services across different…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-14 Zhiyuan Yao , Anita Schöbel , Lei Nie , Sven Jäger

Robust travel time predictions are of prime importance in managing any transportation infrastructure, and particularly in rail networks where they have major impacts both on traffic regulation and passenger satisfaction. We aim at…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-22 Farid Arthaud , Guillaume Lecoeur , Alban Pierre

Routing problems are optimization problems that consider a set of goals in a graph to be visited by a vehicle (or a fleet of them) in an optimal way, while numerous constraints have to be satisfied. We present a solution based on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-08-01 Miroslav Kulich , Roman Sushkov , Libor Přeučil

Rail is a cost-effective and relatively low-emission mode for transporting intermodal containers over long distances. This paper addresses tactical planning of intermodal railroad operations by introducing a new problem that simultaneously…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Julie Kienzle , Serge Bisaillon , Teodor Gabriel Crainic , Emma Frejinger

Rescheduling problems arise in a variety of situations where a previously planned schedule needs to be adjusted to deal with unforeseen events. A common problem is the arrival of new orders, i.e. jobs, which have to be integrated into the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Elena Rener , Fabio Salassa , Vincent T'kindt

We consider the classical sensor scheduling problem for linear systems where only one sensor is activated at each time. We show that the sensor scheduling problem has a close relation to the sensor design problem and the solution of a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-19 Dipankar Maity , David Hartman , John S. Baras