Rail Capacity Modelling with Constraint Programming

• Published in: Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming Vol. 9676; pp. 170 - 186
• Main Authors: Harabor, Daniel, Stuckey, Peter J.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 01.01.2016; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Constraint Programming; Headway Time; Mathematical theory of computation; Rail Network; Rail System; Rolling Stock

We describe a constraint programming approach to establish the coal carrying capacity of a large (2,670 km) rail network in north-eastern Australia. Computing the capacity of such a network is necessary to inform infrastructure planning and investment decisions but creating a useful model of rail op...