A decision support model for repair scheduling of defect train sets

A decision support model for repair scheduling of defect train sets

Kalff, Helianne (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering; TU Delft Transport Engineering and Logistics)

Atasoy, B. (mentor)
van Buuren, Elmer (mentor)
Schott, D.L. (graduation committee)
Kana, A.A. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Marine Technology | Transport Engineering and Logistics

2019-03-12

Defects that occur on train sets have to be repaired in a repair location and this has consequences on the transportation network. This paper proposes a decision support model that is developed for optimising the decisions of when and where to repair that defect train set. In practice, there is no clear overview of the effects of such decisions on the overall system. This paper first describes the current decision process including the considerations for decision making. Then a mathematical model is developed and tested with multiple scenarios of varying repairing times and Q times. The results show that the proposed decision support model provides significant improvements compared to the current approach and can save even millions of euros. However, more research is required in order to ensure the real-time performance of the methodology.

Decision support model
Railway network
Rransportation network
Dutch Railways
Repair scheduling
Defects

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Student theses

master thesis

© 2019 Helianne Kalff