DSS for Rescheduling of Railway Services under Unplanned Events

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Author(s): B. Adenso-Diaz (Universidad of Oviedo, Spain), J. Tuya (Universidad of Oviedo, Spain), M. J. Suarez Cabal (Universidad of Oviedo, Spain)and M. Goitia Fuertes (Universidad of Oviedo, Spain)
Copyright: 2003
Pages: 14
Source title: Decision-Making Support Systems: Achievements and Challenges for the New Decade
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Manuel Mora (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico), Guisseppi A. Forgionne (University of Maryland - Baltimore County, USA)and Jatinder N. D. Gupta (The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-045-5.ch005

Keywords: Business & Management / Decision Support Systems / Information Resources Management / Information Science Reference

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In the daily activity of railway transport, the need to make decisions when faced with unforeseen incidents is a common event. Quality of service my be affected by decisions that are made by delays or cancellations. In this multi-objective scenario, there is a need to combine affecting the majority of passengers as little as possible with the minimization of costs. Therefore it is necessary to design planning algorithms taking into account factors such as the availability of engines and the quality of service. This chapter presents the design and implementation experience of a practical case developed for the Spanish Railway Company. With this tool, a DSS was put into service that guides the person in charge as to which measures to adopt with respect to the events that have arisen. The information employed is obtained by means of heuristic search algorithms based on backtracking for the exploration of the solutions space.

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