Robust train timetabling problem: Mathematical model and branch and bound algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 307-317

  Shafia, Mohammad Ali ^a   Pourseyed Aghaee, Mohsen ^a   Sadjadi, Seyed Jafar ^a   Jamili, Amin ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Branch and bound (B B) algorithm; disturbance; robustness; train scheduling

Indexed keywords

BEAM SEARCH; BRANCH AND BOUNDS; BRANCH-AND-BOUND ALGORITHMS; DISTURBANCE; LARGE-SCALE PROBLEM; LOWER BOUND METHOD; MIXED INTEGER; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; RAILWAY LINE; RANDOM INSTANCE; TRAIN SCHEDULING; TRAIN TIMETABLING PROBLEM;

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SCHEDULING; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84857788279     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2011.2169961     Document Type: Article

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