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Optimization of Dynamic Trip Planning Problem – VT09-INNV

Sponsor:

Innovative Scheduling

Research Team:

Yasemin Merzifonluoglu

Universities Involved:

Virginia Tech

Start Date:

11/15/08

End Date:

11/14/09

Summary:

The focus of this project is dynamically determining routes of shipments for tactical level decision support for railroads. The objective is to determine an approach to effectively route shipments on trains such that total distance and travel time is minimum while honoring capacity constraints on trains.