Toshiba AI Technology Catalog

  • Scheduling

Railway scheduling

Automatically creates robust railway plans for timetable disruptions.


  • Automatically creates railway timetables, and evaluates robustness in relation to timetable disruptions.
  • Quickly and automatically creates plans for operation duties allocated to railway rolling stock and crew members, taking into account the timing of maintenance and cleaning.

Applications



  • Creates railway timetables and evaluates delays.
  • Plans operations for railway rolling stock and crew.

Benchmarks, strengths, and track record



  • TrueLine(R) transport planning ICT solution
  • Automatically creates robust plans for timetable disruptions, comparable to skilled workers in the field.

Inquiries



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References:

  • Operations Research; Vol. 57, No. 8, pp. 414-419 (2012)
  • Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan Journal, Vol. 132, No. 2, pp. 155-162 (2012)
  • Toshiba Review (PDF)(401KB)