Application of simulation models in capacity constrained rail corridors
Proceedings of the 30th conference on Winter simulation
Network simulation of a major railroad
Proceedings of the 30th conference on Winter simulation
A simulation tool for combined rail/road transport in intermodal terminals
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation - Selected papers of the MSSANZ/IMACS 13th biennial conference on modelling and simulation, Hamilton, New Zealand, December 1999
Modeling Train Delays in Urban Networks
Transportation Science
Modeling and Solving the Train Timetabling Problem
Operations Research
Association of American railroad's network model
Proceedings of the third conference on Applications of simulation
Introduction to Discrete Event Systems
Introduction to Discrete Event Systems
Generic simulation for rail-road container terminals
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
YardSim: a rail yard simulation framework and its implementation in a major railroad in the U.S.
Winter Simulation Conference
Libros-II: railway modeling with devs
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
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This study analyzes the transportation network of a major rail freight operator in order to obtain a model of delay propagation of trains connecting intermodal terminals. Operational management of a rail freight operator needs to take into account deviations due to unexpected events such as unplanned maintenance, strikes, railroad works, traffic congestion. The dispatcher makes train assignment decisions based on a number of performance indicators and also on the expectancy that a given train, currently delayed, could recover or limit the amount of delay in the future. We have developed a Markov-chain based model in order to evaluate the evolution of train delays as a train visits successive terminals. Our model is based on the examination of a large set of historical data and we show how we can classify different terminals according to their ability either to absorb or to amplify delays.