This paper focuses on metaheuristic algorithms for the real-time traffic management problem of scheduling and routing trains in a complex and busy railway network. Since the problem is strongly NP-hard, heuristic algorithms are developed to compute good quality solutions in a short computation time. In this work, a number of algorithmic improvements are implemented in the AGLIBRARY optimization solver, that manages trains at the microscopic level of block sections and block signals and at a precision of seconds. The solver outcome is a detailed conflict-free train schedule, being able to avoid deadlocks and to minimize train delays. The proposed algorithmic framework starts from a good initial solution for the train scheduling problem with fixed routes, obtained via a truncated branch-and-bound algorithm. Variable neighbourhood search and tabu search metaheuristics are then applied to improve the solution by re-routing some trains. Computational experiments are performed on a UK railway network with dense traffic in order to compare the two types of studied metaheuristics.


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    Title :

    Metaheuristics for Real-Time Near-Optimal Train Scheduling and Routing


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    Publication date :

    2015-09-01


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    177268 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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