APPLICATIONS OF EXPERT SYSTEMS IN RAILROAD MAINTENANCE: SCHEDULING RAIL RELAYS

Railroads replace rail when it exhibits too many defects, wears beyond safe limits, or develops extensive plastic deformation. The complex process of developing a plan for rail relay or replacement is known as rail scheduling. A knowledge-based expert system has been developed to guide the rail scheduling process. A prototype was developed in conjunction with Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) in order to provide more formal, more consistent, and more rational criteria for rail replacement. A productive system was then developed for use in preparing BN's 1990 rail relay program. The system demonstrates the role of expert systems in supporting decision making in railroad maintenance and identified several areas for other applications of expert systems.

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• Authors:
  • Martland, C D
  • McNeil, S
  • Acharya, D
  • Mishalani, R
  • Eshelby, J
• Publication Date: 1990-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 39-52
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 24A
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Defects; Expert systems; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Planning; Prototypes; Railroad rails; Scheduling
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00492283
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM