Li, F, Gao, Z, Wang, D et al. (4 more authors) (2017) A subjective capacity evaluation model for single-track railway system with δ-balanced traffic and λ-tolerance level. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 105. pp. 43-66. ISSN 0191-2615
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a method to measure the capacity of single-track railway corridors subject to a given degree of balance between the two directional traffic loads and a permitted overall delay level. We introduce the concepts of δ-balance degree and λ-tolerance level to reflect the subjective measures of the railway administrator for capacity evaluation. A train balance scheduling problem with initial departure time choice of trains is embedded into the measure of railway capacity. The combined scheduling and capacity evaluation method is formulated as a 0-1 mixed integer programming model, and solved using a simple dichotomization-based heuristic method. A highly efficient heuristic procedure based on the concept of compaction pattern is developed to solve the train balance scheduling problem, and the numerical results demonstrate that the method yields high-quality solutions close to the optimal ones using the CPLEX solver. The two-way traffic loading capacity of a single-track railway corridor is analyzed in detail under different tolerance levels and balance degrees. The transition regions of traffic loading capacity are identified, and provide a useful decision support tool for the railway administrators in dealing with train rescheduling requests under disturbance or disruption scenarios.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017, Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Railway capacity; tolerance level; balance condition; compaction pattern; departure time choice |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Spatial Modelling and Dynamics (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Railway Safety & Standards Board T1071-02 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2017 13:51 |
Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2018 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.trb.2017.08.020 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:121602 |