Days: Sunday, June 16th Monday, June 17th Tuesday, June 18th Wednesday, June 19th Thursday, June 20th
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Registration and a possibility to recieve name tags before Welcome reception.
You are not required to register before Welcome reception, but can go to Welcome reception directly.
Please note location of Welcome reception (250 meters from Cenference venue, here is a link to Google maps).
Also note that there is an interesting program during the Welcome reception - the program starts around 19:00, so please arrive in due time!
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Registration
Conference opening session.
The plenary sessions may be very full, please be in good time. Session will also be streamed to room K2 (sound and presented screen).
Keynote speaker Gunnar Alexandersson: Railway Market Opening and Organisational Reforms in Sweden.
The plenary sessions may be very full, please be in good time. Session will also be streamed to room K2 (sound and presented screen).
| 10:10 | Railway Market Opening and Organisational Reforms in Sweden (abstract) |
| 11:10 | Real-Time Train Rescheduling in High-frequency Metro Systems during Partial Blockages (abstract) |
| 11:30 | A Survey on Decomposition Principles and Methods for the Problem of Railway Traffic Management (abstract) |
| 11:50 | Distributed optimization approaches for the integrated problem of real-time railway trac management and train control (abstract) |
| 12:10 | An Optimization Model for Rescheduling Trains to Serve Unpredicted Large Passenger Flow (abstract) |
| 11:10 | Infrastructure capacity in the ERTMS signalling system (abstract) |
| 11:30 | A Study of the Performance and Utilization of High Speed Rail in China based on UIC 406 Compression Method (abstract) |
| 11:50 | Extending UIC 406-based capacity analysis - New approaches for railway nodes and network effects (abstract) |
| 12:10 | Estimating the Capacity of Railway Lines Considering EMU Circulation: A Lagrangian Decomposition-based Approach (abstract) |
| 11:10 | Applying Geometric Thick Paths to Compute the Maximum Number of Additional Train Paths in a Railway Timetable (abstract) |
| 11:30 | A novel timetabling procedure which considers running speed of trains and its application to actual cases (abstract) |
| 11:50 | Delay Prediction with Flexible Train Order in a MILP Simulation-Optimization Approach for Railway Timetabling (abstract) |
| 12:10 | The comparison of three strategies in capacity-oriented cyclic timetabling for high-speed railway (abstract) |
| 11:10 | Simulation of metro operations on the expanded Blue line in Stockholm (abstract) |
| 11:30 | Optimal Train Service Design in Urban Rail Transit Line with Considerations of Short-Turn Service and Train Size (abstract) |
| 11:50 | An Iterative Approach for Profit-Oriented Railway Line Planning (abstract) |
| 12:10 | Multi Objective Optimization of Multimodal Two-Way Roundtrip Journeys (abstract)  |
| 13:30 | Modelling the Influences of Primary Delays Based on High-speed Train Operation Records (abstract) |
| 13:50 | Markov Chain Model for Delay Prediction of Trains (abstract) |
| 14:10 | Long-short Memory Neural Network for Short-term High-speed Rail Passenger Flow Forecasting (abstract) |
| 13:30 | Train Unit Shunting : Integrating rolling stock maintenance and capacity management in passenger railway stations (abstract) |
| 13:50 | A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Approach to a Rolling Stock Rostering Problem with Splitting and Combining (abstract) |
| 14:10 | Reducing the Adaptation Costs of a Rolling Stock Schedule with Adaptive Solution: the Case of Demand Changes (abstract) |
| 13:30 | Passenger Flow Control with Multi-station Coordination on an Oversaturated Urban Rail Transit Line: A Multi-objective Mixed-integer Linear Programming Approach (abstract) |
| 13:50 | Machine Learning based integrated pedestrian facilities planning and staff assignment problem in transfer stations (abstract) |
| 14:10 | Trial approach of station congestion estimation (abstract) |
| 13:30 | Autonomous Freight Trains in Australia (abstract) |
| 13:50 | A Railway Network Design Model for the Joint Expansion and Improvement of Freight Railway Infrastructures (abstract) |
| 14:10 | Locomotive rotation optimization as basis for efficient rail cargo operation (abstract) |
| 14:40 | Improving transfer quality of the air and high-speed rail integration service via adjusting a rail timetable: A real-world case study in China (abstract) |
| 15:00 | Transforming automatic scheduling in a working application for a railway infrastructure manager (abstract) |
| 15:20 | Timetable quality from the perspective of an infrastructure manager in a deregulated market : a case study of Sweden (abstract) |
| 14:40 | Energy savings with enhanced static timetable information for train driver (abstract) |
| 15:00 | A Method of Generating Energy-efficient Train Timetable Including Charging Strategy for Catenary-free Railways with Battery Trains (abstract) |
| 15:20 | Optimal running time supplement distribution for energy-efficient train control (abstract) |
| 14:40 | Dynamic Origin-Destination-Matrix Estimation for Commuter Train Planning Using Smart Cards (abstract) |
| 15:00 | Passenger Flow Prediction of High Speed Railway Based on LSTM Deep Neural Network (abstract) |
| 15:20 | Methods for quantitative assessment of passenger flow influence on train dwell time in dense traffic areas (abstract) |
| 14:40 | Punctuality and Capacity in Railway Investment: A Socio-Economic Assessment for Finland (abstract) |
| 15:00 | Tactical Capacity Assessment of a High-speed Railway Corridor with High Heterogeneity (abstract) |
| 15:20 | Modelling the Prohibition of Train Crossings in Tunnels with Blocking Time Theory (abstract) |
| 16:10 | A new Constraint Based Scheduling model for real-time Railway Traffic Management Problem using conditional Time-Intervals (abstract) |
| 16:30 | Train Rescheduling for an Urban Rail Transit Line under Disruptions (abstract) |
| 16:50 | Exploring the potential of GPU computing in Train Rescheduling (abstract) |
| 17:10 | Studies on the validity of the fixed-speed approximation for the real time Railway Traffic Management Problem (abstract) |
| 16:10 | Dynamic and robust timetable rescheduling for uncertain railway disruptions (abstract) |
| 16:30 | Implementation of new timetable rules for increased robustness – case study from the Swedish Southern mainline (abstract) |
| 16:50 | Impact of perturbations calibration in simulation: the case of robustness evaluation at station (abstract) |
| 17:10 | Robust Capacitated Train Rescheduling with Passenger Reassignment under Stochastic Disruption Durations (abstract) |
| 16:10 | Optimization of Shunting Operation Plan in Electric Multiple Units Depot (abstract) |
| 16:30 | Improving Freight Operations Using an Integrated Communication Platform (abstract) |
| 16:50 | Influence of Mainline Schedule Flexibility and Volume Variability on Railway Classification Yard Performance (abstract) |
| 17:10 | Simulating Railcar Transit Times Under Different Carload Freight Railway Operating Strategies (abstract) |
| 16:10 | Sustainability of Railway Passenger Services – A Review of Aspects, Issues, Contributions and Challenges of Life Cycle Emissions (abstract) |
| 16:30 | Seat Inventory Control Problem in China High-speed Railway: A Simulation-based Heuristic Method (abstract) |
| 16:50 | Improving the Trade-Offs Between Network Availability and Accessibility (abstract) |
IAROR Board meeting
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| 09:00 | Pre-planned Disruption Management in Commuter Railway Transport: Algorithms for (partial) Automation of passenger-oriented Design and Evaluation (abstract) |
| 09:20 | Analysis of Timetable Rescheduling Policy for Large-scale Train Service Disruptions (abstract) |
| 09:40 | Real-time Train Platforming and Routing at Busy Complex High-speed Railway Stations (abstract) |
| 10:00 | A conflict prevention strategy for large and complex networks in real-time railway traffic management (abstract) |
| 09:00 | Online calibration of train motion models: towards the era of bespoke control solutions (abstract) |
| 09:20 | Centralizing and migrating operational infrastructure databases (abstract) |
| 09:40 | Sound evaluation of simulation results (abstract) |
| 10:00 | A Collection of Aspects Why Optimization Projects for Railway Companies Could Risk Not to Succeed - A Multi-Perspective Approach (abstract) |
| 09:00 | Data reconciliation of freight rail dispatch data (abstract) |
| 09:20 | Predictive Model of Train Delays in a Railway System (abstract) |
| 09:40 | A Hybrid Forewarning Algorithm for Train Operation under Adverse Weather Conditions (abstract) |
| 10:00 | A STUDY ON TRAIN TRAVEL TIME SIMULATION FOCUSED ON DETAILED DWELL TIME STRUCTURE AND ON-SITE INSPECTIONS (abstract) |
| 09:00 | Enhancement of blocking-time theory to represent future interlocking architectures (abstract) |
| 09:20 | Train Flow Shockwaves on Freight Railways Operating Under Moving Block Control Systems (abstract) |
| 09:40 | Train Operation Simulator under Moving Block and Prediction Control (abstract) |
| 10:00 | A multi-state train-following model for the analysis of Virtual Coupling railway operations (abstract) |
| 10:50 | Train Rescheduling Incorporating Coupling Strategy in High-speed Railway under Complete Segment Blockage (abstract) |
| 11:10 | Proactive Dispatching of Railway Operation (abstract) |
| 11:30 | Coordinated railway traffic rescheduling with the Resource Conflict Graph model (abstract) |
| 11:50 | A Heuristic Algorithm for Re-Optimization of Train Platforming in Case of Train Delays (abstract) |
| 10:50 | A Graph Application for Design and Capacity Analysis of Railway Junctions (abstract) |
| 11:10 | Railway Infrastructure Capacity Utilization Description through Data Integration in Blocking Time Theory (abstract) |
| 11:30 | Quantifying the effects of variability on the capacity of rail corridors (abstract) |
| 11:50 | Computing Base Train Equivalents for Delay-Based Capacity Analysis with Multiple Types of Trains (abstract) |
| 10:50 | Passenger-orientated analysis of allocation of railway capacity with help of simulation (abstract) |
| 11:10 | A train timetabling and stop planning optimization model with passenger demand (abstract) |
| 11:30 | A Concurrent Approach to the Periodic Event Scheduling Problem (abstract) |
| 11:50 | Finding feasible timetable solutions for the Stockholm area (abstract) |
| 10:50 | Taking Driver Advisory Systems to the next level (abstract) |
| 11:10 | Understanding the Impact of Driving Styles on Reactionary Subthreshold Delays on a Fixed Block Signalling System (abstract) |
| 11:30 | User-centered development of a train driving simulator for education and training (abstract) |
| 11:50 | Train Trajectory Optimization with Consideration of Human Operator Needs and Parametric Uncertainties (abstract) |
Keynote speaker Rob Goverde: Railway operations research and the development of digital railway traffic systems
The plenary sessions may be very full, please be in good time. Session will also be streamed to room K2 (sound and presented screen).
| 13:10 | Railway operations research and the development of digital railway traffic systems (abstract) |
| 13:50 | Re-optimizing ICE Rotations after a Tunnel Breakdown near Rastatt (abstract) |
| 14:10 | Timetable rules and strategies for double track maintenance work (abstract) |
| 14:30 | Optimal Timetables in case of Temporarily Unavailable Tracks (abstract) |
| 13:50 | Assessment of energy and emissions saving solutions in urban rail-based transport systems (abstract) |
| 14:10 | Energy-efficient Metro Train Operation Considering the Regenerative Energy: A Discrete Differential Dynamic Programming Approach (abstract) |
| 14:30 | Real-time micro-scheduling of trains to improve line flows and energy efficiency (abstract) |
| 13:50 | Optimization of Train Line Plan for Public Holidays of High-Speed Railway (abstract) |
| 14:10 | Optimizing the Train Stopping Patterns on Long Distance High-Speed Rails (abstract) |
| 14:30 | An Assessment of Virtual Integration for Passenger Rail Services in Great Britain (abstract) |
At least one contributor of each posters is expected to be at their poster during the poster session.
Presented posters:
Hiroshi Takayasu, Itaru Ootsuchibashi and Rieko Otsuka: Study to Quantitatively Evaluate influence of Transportation Failures using SCORE Methodology
Yonghao Yin, Dewei Li, Xuesong Zhou, Yuguang Wei and Zhenyu Han: Modelling Advanced Trip Reservation System for Rail Transit: Jointly Optimization of Passenger Flow Rate Control and Flexible Vehicle Schedule
Edwin Reynolds: Real-time Railway Timetable Rescheduling using Branch and Price
Marc Delas, Jeanne-Marie Dalbavie and Thierry Boitier: Assessment of potential Commercial corridors for Hyperloop systems
Sihui Long, Lingyun Meng, Yihui Wang, Xiaojie Luan and Francesco Corman: An Integrated Optimization Model of Train Rescheduling and Train Control for A High-speed Railway Line
William Barbour, Shankara Kuppa and Dan Work: Data driven calibration for optimal dispatching
Bianca Pascariu and Nicola Coviello: A capacity evaluation of a freight railway node based on a timetable-saturation approach. Application to the Novara case study.
Niloofar Minbashi, Markus Bohlin and Behzad Kordnejad: A Delay Estimation Model for Departing Trains in Swedish Shunting Yards
Leander Flamm and Christian Meirich: Automated Analysis of Spatial Accessibility in Railway Networks through Open Timetable Data
Sebastian Schön, Andreas Oetting and Reiner Hähnle: Introducing a new procedure for the creation of infrastructure models especially suited for modelling operational procedures of railways
| 15:20 | Investigating the effect of trackwork on punctuality of Swedish railways: analysed by using real train traffic data (abstract) |
| 15:40 | The Disruption at Rastatt and its Effects on the Swiss Railway System (abstract) |
| 16:00 | Mining Train Delay Propagation Pattern from Train Operation Records in a High-Speed System (abstract) |
| 15:20 | Pricing of Commercial Train Paths Using Societal Costs (abstract) |
| 15:40 | A mixed method for railway capacity allocation (abstract) |
| 16:00 | Train Slots: A Proposal for Open Access Railways (abstract) |
| 15:20 | Fact-checking of timetabling principles: a case study on the relationship between planned headways and delays (abstract) |
| 15:40 | Study on Station Buffer Time Allocation According to Delay Expectation (abstract) |
| 16:00 | Connectivity Reliability on an Urban Rail Transit Network From the Perspective of Passengers’ Travel (abstract) |
All IAROR members are welcome, both "old" members and persons that have applied at the conference.
Short guided tour of central Norrköping and area around University.
Tour starts at entrance to conference venue and ends at Värmekyrkan (i.e. place where conference dinner is held).
Guidance will be in two groups, both starting at conference venue and and ending Värmekyrkan.
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| 08:30 | Improvement of maintenance timetable stability based on event specific flexibility assignment in track choice PESP (abstract) |
| 08:50 | Multi-objective Optimization of Train Timetable in Urban Rail Transit Network under Uncertain Demand (abstract) |
| 09:10 | A new approach to periodic railway timetabling (abstract) |
| 08:30 | Scheduling and Routing Roaming Conductors to Support Single-Person Crew Operations on North American Freight Railways (abstract) |
| 08:50 | Investigating Highway-Rail Intermodal Terminal Capacity Relationships via Simulation (abstract) |
| 09:10 | Optimization Model for Multi-Stage Train Classification Problem at Tactical Planning Level (abstract) |
| 08:30 | Statistical Modeling of the Distribution Characteristics of High-Speed Railway Disruptions (abstract) |
| 08:50 | Evaluation of Travel Time Reliability using “Revealed Preference” Data & Bayesian Posterior Analysis (abstract) |
| 09:10 | Dwell Time Delays for Commuter Trains in Stockholm and Tokyo (abstract) |
Keynote speaker Jonas Eliasson, Linköpping University: What is the social value of railway capacity? Connecting transport economics and railway operations research
The plenary sessions may be very full, please be in good time. Session will also be streamed to room K2 (sound and presented screen).
| 10:00 | What is the social value of railway capacity? Connecting transport economics and railway operations research (abstract) |
| 10:40 | Interlocking System Based on Concept of Securing a Train Travelling Path (abstract) |
| 11:00 | Applied Timetabling for Railways: Experiences with Several Solution Approaches (abstract) |
| 10:40 | Strategic Planning of Rolling Stock Rotations for Public Tenders (abstract) |
| 11:00 | Train-set Assignment Optimization with Predictive Maintenance (abstract) |
| 10:40 | A Model of Passenger Distribution on Metro Platforms Based on Passengers’ Boarding Strategies (abstract) |
| 11:00 | A traveller perspective on railway punctuality: Passenger loads and punctuality for regional trains in Sweden (abstract) |
| 10:40 | Hyperloop and Swissmetro technology assessment and system analysis (abstract) |
| 11:00 | ASSESSMENT of POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS for HYPERLOOP SYSTEMS (abstract) |
Conference closing session.
The plenary sessions may be very full, please be in good time. Session will also be streamed to room K2 (sound and presented screen).
For those attending Technical Visit
For those staying in Norrköping
Technical visit: Hallsberg railway junction
Train to Hallsberg (chartered for us) departs at 12:10 from Norrköping C (Norrköping railway station, Resecentrum).
Walking time from conference venue to Norrköping C is about 15 minutes. Please, proceed as fast as possible from conference venue to railway station.
Before leaving conference venue, pick up your lunch box (to eat on the train). (Potentially, lunch boxes will be delivered directly to the train.)
Train arrives back at Norrköping at 18:58.
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Introduction to big data in traffic planning, Clas Rydergren, Linköping University, Sweden
| 09:00 | Introduction to big data in traffic planning (abstract) |
Mining, analysis and modelling of passenger flow data, time androute choice inrailway networks, Otto Anker Nielsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.
| 10:20 | Mining, analysis and modelling of passenger flow data, time androute choice inrailway networks (abstract) |
Served at Louis de Geer (10 min walk)
Analysis of train traffic and track capacity useto improve the quality of operations, Giorgio Medeossi, TRENOlab, Italy.
| 13:10 | Analysis of train traffic and track capacity use to improve the quality of operations (abstract) |
Machine Learning: theory and application Pavle Kecman, Allianz Data Office, The Netherlands
| 15:00 | Machine Learning: theory and application (abstract) |