Predicting On-Time Line-Haul Performance in Scheduled Railroad Operations

Susan Fraley Hallowell and Patrick T. Harker
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Susan Fraley Hallowell: Operations Research Group, USAir, 2345 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22227
Patrick T. Harker: Department of Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6315

Transportation Science, 1996, vol. 30, issue 4, 364-378

Abstract: This paper considers the problem of predicting on-time performance on a partially double-tracked rail line with scheduled traffic. In particular, the model presented herein explicitly incorporates the uncertainty in train departure times along with more complex line structures than have been considered previously. Extensive Monte Carlo simulations are used to validate the predictions made by the proposed model under an optimal meet/pass planning process.

Date: 1996
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