An adjustable robust optimization approach for periodic timetabling

Gert-Jaap Polinder, Thomas Breugem, Twan Dollevoet and Gábor Maróti

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2019, vol. 128, issue C, 50-68

Abstract: In this paper, we consider the Robust Periodic Timetabling Problem (RPTP), the problem of designing a periodic timetable that can easily be adjusted in case of small periodic disturbances. We develop a solution method for a parametrized class of uncertainty regions. This class relates closely to uncertainty regions known in the robust optimization literature, and naturally defines a metric for the robustness of the timetable. The proposed solution method combines a linear decision rule with well-known reformulation techniques and cutting-plane methods. We show that the RPTP can be solved for practical-sized instances by applying the solution method to practical cases of Netherlands Railways (NS). In particular, we show that the trade-off between the efficiency and robustness of a timetable can be analyzed using our solution method.

Keywords: Robust optimization; Periodic timetabling; Periodic event scheduling; Adjustable robustness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2019.07.011

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