Logistics management of the rail connections using graph theory: the case of a public transportation company on the example of Koleje Dolnośląskie S.A

Sobczak Paweł (), Stawiarska Ewa (), Oláh Judit (), Popp József () and Tomas Kliestik
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Sobczak Paweł: WSB University, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Engineering Management and Logistics Processes, Poland
Stawiarska Ewa: Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Organisation and Management, Institute of Management, Administration and Logistics, Poland
Oláh Judit: University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hungary
Popp József: University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hungary

Engineering Management in Production and Services, 2018, vol. 10, issue 3, 7-22

Abstract: The main purpose of the paper was the structural analysis of the connections network used by a railway carrier Koleje Dolnośląskie S.A. operating in southern Poland. The analysis used simulation methods. The analysis and simulation were based on graph theory, which is successfully used in analysing a wide variety of networks (social, biological, computer, virtual and transportation networks). The paper presents indicators which allow judging the analysed connections network according to an appropriate level of transport services. Simulation results allowed proposing some modifications for the improvement of the analysed connections network. The paper also demonstrates that graph theory and network simulations should be used as tools by transportation companies during the stage of planning a connections network.

Keywords: Koleje Dolnośląskie; railway transport; structural analysis of networks; transport company management; transport networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/emj-2018-0013

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