PSEUDO BOOLEAN PROGRAMMING MODELS OF FREIGHT STATION CONSOLIDATION PLANNING

While the 1700 freight stations on Japanese National Railways now represent an almost 50% reduction since 1960, changing economic conditions require further consolidation. The problem of obtaining an optimal consolidation pattern in terms of revenues and expenditures is formulated using pseudo Boolean programming techniques and the algorithms for the solution are developed. The results indicated that there was insufficient separation of fixed and variable costs for an adequate cost-benefit analysis. Further refinement is necessary.

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  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Suzuki, S
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 70-73
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Analysis; Benefit cost analysis; Consolidations; Economic analysis; Freight service; Railroad stations
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical techniques
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163803
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM