RAIL TACTICAL PLANNING: ISSUES, MODELS AND TOOLS

The objective of this lecture is to review the main issues relative to the tactical planning of freight rail transportation and the principal models addressing these problems. We also present a general modeling framework, based on network optimization ideas, that may be used to build a comprehensive tactical planning model. Algorithmic issues and the design of an integrated tool for tactical planning are also discussed. We conclude by delineating a number of interesting and promising research problems in rail tactical planning.

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