Yardsim: A rail yard simulation framework and its implementation in a major railroad in the U.S.

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2532-2541

  Lin, Edward ^a   Cheng, Clark ^a  

^a NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAKE TESTS; CLASS I; COMPLEX OPERATIONS; DEVELOPMENT CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; HUMP YARD; OPERATING POLICIES; OPERATING PRACTICES; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; RAILROAD OPERATIONS; SERVICE PLAN; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;

CLASSIFICATION YARDS; ENGINES; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 77951582089     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2009.5429654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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