2018 Phoenix

Monday, November 5
1. Rethinking Train Scheduling to Improve Network Capacity Management Carl D. Van Dyke. TransNetOpt, West Windsor, NJ, USA	File
2. Interaction Between Yard and Mainline Capacity in Railway Network Performance Tyler Dick, PE. U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA	File
3. Increasing Network Capacity through Use of Dynamic Car Scheduling Clark Cheng, Edward Lin, Gunnar Feldmann. Norfolk Southern Corporation, Atlanta, GA, USA	File
4. Impact of Improved Maintenance Programs on Railroad Capacity David T. Hunt. Oliver Wyman, Princeton, NJ, USA	File
5. The Digital Transformation of Rail Yard Planning and Operations Jeremiah Dirnberger. GE Transportation, Jacksonville, FL, USA	File
6. Improving the Flat Switching Process Roger Baugher¹, Daril Vilhena². ¹TrAnalytics, Johns creek, GA, USA, ²Cedar AI, Johns Creek, GA, USA	File
7. Traffic Complexity and the Performance of Railway Classification Yards Tyler Dick, PE. U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA	File
8. Car-Scheduling Based Hump Sequencing Chip Kraft¹, Roger Baugher². ¹Transportation Economics & Management Systems Inc., ²TrAnalytics LLC, Johns Creek, GA, USA	File
9. Simulating Railcar Transit under Different Operating Strategies Tzu-Yu Chang, Darkhan Mussanov. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA	File
10. An Integrated Train Service Plan Optimization Model with Variable Demand Lingyun Meng¹, Xuesong Zhou². ¹Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, ²Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA	File
11. Optimization Models for Block Re-design Problem Chinmoy Mohapatra¹, Anantaram Balakrishnan². ¹BNSF Railways, Arlington, TX, USA, ²University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX, USA	File
12. Trade-off Between Efficiency and Equity under Time Dependent Passenger Demand in Railway Timetabling Dewei Li, Tianyu Zhang, Xinlei Dong. Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China	File
13. Visualizing the Effects of Maintenance on Train and Yard Performance Trefor Williams¹, John F. Betak². ¹Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA, ²Collaborative Solutions, LLC, Albuquerque, NM, USA	File
Tuesday, November 6
1. Train Rescheduling and Circulation Planning in Case of Complete Blockade for an Urban Rail Transit Line Yihui Wang, Lingyun Meng, Tao Tang, Bin Ning. Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China	File
2. *No ShowModelling Resilience of Rail Transport Networks Nikola Besinovic*. Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands	File
3. Predicting Locomotive Failures: A Machine Learning Approach Clark Cheng, Mabby Amouie, Ilya Lavrik. Norfolk Southern Corporation, Atlanta, GA, USA	File
4. Modeling and Predicting Recurrent Rail Defects Faeze Ghofrani, Qing He, PhD, Reza Mohammadi. University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA	File
5. Positioning and Coordination of Resources for Reliable Emergency Response to Railroad Incidents Yanfeng Ouyang¹, Siyang Xie². ¹U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA, ²University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA	File
6. Opportunities for Optimization and Automation in Intermodal Terminal Operations Steven Jay Tyber. General Electric, Chicago, IL, USA	File
7. The Role Of Partial Information And Commitment In Dynamic Transportation Procurement Pol Boada-Collado, Karen Smilowitz, Sunil Chopra. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA	File
8. Investigating the Capacity of Different Intermodal Terminal Layouts with AnyLogic Wesley Chen. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA	File
9. Appointment Scheduling for Intermodal Dray Operations Lisa Tang. Schneider, Green Bay, WI, USA	File
10. Predictive Switch Health Using Switch Amperage Casey Jen. CSX Corporation, Jacksonville, FL, USA	File
11. Predicting Rail Defects with Massive Foot-by-foot Track Geometry Data Reza Mohammadi, Faeze Ghofrani, Qing He. University at Buffalo, Amherst, NY, USA	File
12. Using Predictive Analytics for Railway Track Maintenance Planning Clark Cheng, Mabby Amouie, Gongli Duan. Norfolk Southern Corporation, Atlanta, GA, USA	File
13. Integrated Optimization of Timetable and Rolling Stock Rescheduling Due to Temporary Maintenance Tasks Jianrui Miao. Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China	File