A Fuzzy Optimization Model for High-Speed Railway Timetable Rescheduling

Li Wang, Yong Qin, Jie Xu and Limin Jia

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2012, vol. 2012, 1-22

Abstract:

A fuzzy optimization model based on improved symmetric tolerance approach is introduced, which allows for rescheduling high-speed railway timetable under unexpected interferences. The model nests different parameters of the soft constraints with uncertainty margin to describe their importance to the optimization purpose and treats the objective in the same manner. Thus a new optimal instrument is expected to achieve a new timetable subject to little slack of constraints. The section between Nanjing and Shanghai, which is the busiest, of Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail line in China is used as the simulated measurement. The fuzzy optimization model provides an accurate approximation on train running time and headway time, and hence the results suggest that the number of seriously impacted trains and total delay time can be reduced significantly subject to little cost and risk.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1155/2012/827073

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