Railway crew scheduling: Models, methods and applications

J Heil, K Hoffmann, U Buscher - European journal of operational research, 2020 - Elsevier
The railway crew scheduling problem consists of finding the most efficient duty combination
for railway crews to cover all trains and related activities for a defined period of time. Crew …

An ADMM-based dual decomposition mechanism for integrating crew scheduling and rostering in an urban rail transit line

T Feng, RM Lusby, Y Zhang, Q Peng, P Shang… - … Research Part C …, 2023 - Elsevier
The crew planning problem is a key step in the urban rail transit (URT) planning process and
has a critical impact on the operational efficiency of a URT line. In general, the crew …

Integrated optimization of railway freight operation planning and pricing based on carbon emission reduction policies

L Li, X Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Cargo transportation is one of the major sources of carbon emissions. To reduce carbon
emissions from inland freight, one way is to encourage rail transportation instead of truck …

An efficient column generation approach for practical railway crew scheduling with attendance rates

JS Neufeld, M Scheffler, F Tamke, K Hoffmann… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The crew scheduling problem with attendance rates is highly relevant for regional
passenger rail transport in Germany. Its major characteristic is that only a certain percentage …

Solving the block-to-train assignment problem using the heuristic approach based on the genetic algorithm and tabu search

J Xiao, J Pachl, B Lin, J Wang - Transportation Research Part B …, 2018 - Elsevier
After the railroad blocking plan is generated, the block-to-train assignment problem
determines which train services to be offered, how many trains of each service to be …

A column generation-based approach for integrated vehicle and crew scheduling on a single metro line with the fully automatic operation system by partial supervision

H Pan, Z Liu, L Yang, Z Liang, Q Wu, S Li - Transportation Research Part E …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of fully automated urban metro lines, unattended train operation
has become a reality, leading to significant gains in efficiency in comparison with traditional …

Solving practical railway crew scheduling problems with attendance rates

K Hoffmann, U Buscher, JS Neufeld… - Business & Information …, 2017 - Springer
Arising from a practical problem in German rail passenger transport, a prototype for a multi-
period railway crew scheduling problem with attendance rates for conductors is developed …

Goal programming models for high-speed train crew scheduling problem

HM Alakaş, T Eren, A Yelek, EH Özder - Soft Computing, 2024 - Springer
High freight and passenger-carrying capacity, providing a fast and safe journey, and its
tourism potential, railway transportation remains preferable among transportation types …

Two-dimensional skiving and cutting stock problem with setup cost based on column-and-row generation

D Wang, F Xiao, L Zhou, Z Liang - European Journal of Operational …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we address a new variant of the cutting stock problem, in which skiving is
allowed and setup costs are considered. Specifically, the output sheets are generally longer …

Metro crew planning with day-off pattern, duty type, and rostering scheme considerations

J Zhou, X Xu, J Long, J Ding - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2022 - Elsevier
The metro crew planning must consider various complex factors in real scenarios, such as
day-off requirements, duty types, and rostering rules. The metro crew planning problem is …