Issues on railway wagon asset management using advanced information systems

Ballis, A; Dimitriou, L

dc.contributor.author	Ballis, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Dimitriou, L	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:33:40Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:33:40Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	0968-090X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/20530
dc.subject	Estimated time of arrival	en
dc.subject	Genetic Algorithms	en
dc.subject	Mathematical simulation	en
dc.subject	Optimal allocation	en
dc.subject	Railway empty wagon management	en
dc.subject	System surveillance	en
dc.subject.classification	Transportation Science & Technology	en
dc.subject.other	Estimated time of arrival	en
dc.subject.other	Estimated time of arrivals	en
dc.subject.other	Management systems	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical simulations	en
dc.subject.other	Optimal allocation	en
dc.subject.other	Asset management	en
dc.subject.other	Freight cars	en
dc.subject.other	Genetic algorithms	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical operators	en
dc.subject.other	Optimization	en
dc.subject.other	Railroads	en
dc.subject.other	Software reliability	en
dc.subject.other	Railroad transportation	en
dc.subject.other	computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	freight transport	en
dc.subject.other	genetic algorithm	en
dc.subject.other	information system	en
dc.subject.other	railway transport	en
dc.subject.other	transportation infrastructure	en
dc.subject.other	transportation system	en
dc.title	Issues on railway wagon asset management using advanced information systems	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.trc.2009.09.003	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2009.09.003	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	Wagon fleet is an essential component of the railways business. Motivated by the recent concern on freight wagon management in Europe and based on the experience from the deployment and pilot demonstrations of an advanced wagon management system in Europe, the current work presents main technological and organizational issues associated with a wagon pool, created and used by a railway operator partnership. The results include the identification of the essential hardware and software requirements for the implementation of such a system (user/wagon reservation, track-and-trace and energy-saver equipment, loading/unloading sensors, wagon dispatching and delay management functionalities) as well as the outcome of the investigation of significant organizational aspects of the system (imbalance between wagon offer and wagon demand, fair allocation of benefits among the users of the system, savings that can be achieved thanks to estimated time of arrival information, consideration of reliability metrics into the optimal empty wagons allocation problem). (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.trc.2009.09.003	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000279426700014	en
dc.identifier.volume	18	en
dc.identifier.issue	5	en
dc.identifier.spage	807	en
dc.identifier.epage	820	en