OPTIMIZATION OF PROSPECTIVE PLANNING OF CLASSIFICATION YARD DEVELOPMENT

The paper deals with the solution of problems involved in determining the technical characteristics of classification yard operation relating the volume of car traffic to the car detention, and also to the allowable level of traffic to be handled by a yard, and in selecting measures for improving the technical equipment of a yard for the prospective conditions of its operation. The problems are solved with the use of the method of mathematical modeling of production processes on an electronic computer.

• Corporate Authors:

  International Railway Congress Association

  17-21 rue de Louvrain
  1000 Brussels,   Belgium 
• Authors:
  • SOTNIKOV, E A
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Serial:
  • RAIL INTERNATIONAL
  • Issue Number: 5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight service; Mathematical models; Quality of service; Simulation; Yard operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Yard capacity
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00071978
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1974 12:00AM