A simulation-based approach for the optimal design of signalling block layout in railway networks

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 4-24

  Quaglietta, Egidio ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effective design; Design of railway signalling layout; Simulation based optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COST EFFECTIVE DESIGN; MULTI-TRAIN SIMULATIONS; RAILWAY SIGNALLING; RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION; SIGNALLING LAYOUTS; SIGNALLING SYSTEMS; SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY;

RAILROADS;

EID: 84902546856     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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