Simulation within the railroad environment

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Winter Simulation Conference archive
Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation table of contents

Orlando, Florida

SESSION: Logistics/transportation applications table of contents

Pages: 1191 - 1200

Year of Publication: 2000

ISBN:0-7803-6582-8

Authors

Harald Krueger	Canadian National Railway, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0K2, CANADA
Eric Vaillancourt	CANAC Inc., 1100 University, Montreal, Quebec H3B 3A5, CANADA
Ann M. Drummie	CANAC Inc., 1100 University, Montreal, Quebec H3B 3A5, CANADA
Steve J. Vucko	Canadian National Railway, Montreal, Quebec H3B 2M9, CANADA
Joe Bekavac	Canadian National Railway, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0K2, Canada

Sponsors

IIE : Institute of Industrial Engineers
ASA : American Statistical Association
IEEE/CS : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Computer Society
IEEE/SMCS : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
INFORMS-CS : Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences-College on Simulation
NIST : National Institute of Standards and Technology
SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling
SCS : The Society for Computer Simulation International

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Society for Computer Simulation International San Diego, CA, USA

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Downloads (6 Weeks): 5, Downloads (12 Months): 26, Citation Count: 2

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ABSTRACT

A panel of individuals with expertise in the railroad industry provides an overview of Simulation within the Railroad Environment. The panelists discuss their work and highlight the issues, challenges, and benefits associated with application of simulation models. Topics presented are;• Model Development, the issues and challenges.• Role of Dispatch Model in Mainline Capacity Studies.• Benefits of Simulation tools in Train Dispatching.• Usage of Simulation in Strategic Decision Making.• Areas for Improvement and Increased Use.

CITED BY 2

	Malay A. Dalal , Lawrence P. Jensen, Simulation modeling at union pacific railroad, Proceedings of the 33nd conference on Winter simulation, December 09-12, 2001, Arlington, Virginia
	Payman Jula , Mark S. Zschocke, Dynamic simulation of a push - pull distribution system, Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation, December 04-07, 2005, Orlando, Florida

Collaborative Colleagues:

Harald Krueger: colleagues

Eric Vaillancourt: colleagues

Ann M. Drummie: colleagues

Steve J. Vucko: colleagues

Joe Bekavac: colleagues

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