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Collective Intelligent Management of Freight Trains' Flow

Authors:
Boris Davydov

Keywords: Trains’ traffic; real-time management; railway dispatching; optimal decision making; transportation economics

Abstract:
The paper describes method and criteria for assessing the quality of freight trains’ traffic dispatching. The main idea is to make the maximum profit for the rail operator through the compromising decisions between regional (commercial) and local traffic dispatchers. We use results of the game theory and the operations research method (AHP) to find optimal trains’ traffic adjustments. The game model of joint decision making is used to overcome the internal conflict between dispatchers. It is helpful to use the increment of local profit as a criterion for assessing the quality of traffic controller’s decisions. We also describe the modified AHP method oriented for the efficient on-line management. We present an example of the hierarchy model and results of the decisions efficiency assessment for the typical situation of freight trains traffic. Rational use of computing abilities of the decision support tools together with collective intelligence allow to increase quality of decisions on settlement difficult conflicts between trains.

Pages: 147 to 152

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: April 21, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4065

ISBN: 978-1-61208-269-1

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 21, 2013 to April 26, 2013