Deadlock analysis, prevention and train optimal travel mechanism in single-track railway system

Feng Li, Jiuh-Biing Sheu and Zi-You Gao

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2014, vol. 68, issue C, 385-414

Abstract: In this paper, train scheduling problem (TSCP) is discussed for the case of single-track railway corridor, in which variable sensitivity on train delay are discussed in detailed for different types of trains. The mathematical model is a complicated nonlinear mixed-integer programming. The object of the model reflects sensitivity of trains with different types or travelling mileages on delay. A heuristic method based on the global conflicts distribution prediction (CDP) is presented. In the CDP, two critical problems restricting the development of simulation method, i.e., train deadlock and near-optimal travel strategy of train, are effectively solved. Numerical experiments show that the CDP can obtain a solution close enough to the optimal solution within a very short computational time. Variable cost weight with trapezoid-shape structure is investigated. Compared with constant weight, the schedule plan has more rational structure when variable cost weight is adopted.

Keywords: Train scheduling; Train deadlock; Conflicts distribution; Speed coordination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2014.06.014

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