Title: A Heuristic Approach to the Railroad Track Maintenance Scheduling Problem
Abstract: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure EngineeringVolume 26, Issue 2 p. 129-145 A Heuristic Approach to the Railroad Track Maintenance Scheduling Problem Fan Peng, Fan Peng Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USASearch for more papers by this authorSeungmo Kang, Seungmo Kang Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USASearch for more papers by this authorXiaopeng Li, Xiaopeng Li Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USASearch for more papers by this authorYanfeng Ouyang, Corresponding Author Yanfeng Ouyang Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorKamalesh Somani, Kamalesh Somani Operations Research, CSX Transportation, Jacksonville, FL, USASearch for more papers by this authorDharma Acharya, Dharma Acharya Operations Research, CSX Transportation, Jacksonville, FL, USASearch for more papers by this author Fan Peng, Fan Peng Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USASearch for more papers by this authorSeungmo Kang, Seungmo Kang Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USASearch for more papers by this authorXiaopeng Li, Xiaopeng Li Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USASearch for more papers by this authorYanfeng Ouyang, Corresponding Author Yanfeng Ouyang Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorKamalesh Somani, Kamalesh Somani Operations Research, CSX Transportation, Jacksonville, FL, USASearch for more papers by this authorDharma Acharya, Dharma Acharya Operations Research, CSX Transportation, Jacksonville, FL, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 14 January 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8667.2010.00670.xCitations: 66Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Abstract Abstract: Every year, billions of dollars are spent on rail track maintenance to keep the serviceability of the railroad network. These maintenance projects (of different types) must be performed by suitable maintenance teams within a planning horizon. This article presents a time-space network model to solve the track maintenance scheduling problem (TMSP). The objective is to minimize the total travel costs of the maintenance teams as well as the impact of maintenance projects on railroad operation, which are formulated by three types of side constraints: mutually exclusive, time window, and precedence constraints. An iterative heuristic solution approach is proposed to solve the large-scale TMSP model with a large number of side constraints. The proposed model and solution approach are applied to a large-scale real-world problem. Compared to the current industry practice the model outcome eliminated all hard side-constraint violations and reduced the total objective value (travel costs and soft side-constraint violation penalties) by 66.8%. Citing Literature Volume26, Issue2February 2011Pages 129-145 RelatedInformation
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-05-05
Language: en
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