North American freight rail industry real-time optimized equipment distribution systems: State of the practice

North American freight rail industry real-time optimized equipment distribution systems: State of the practice

In this article, we discuss the state of the practice in optimization systems to distribute empty railcars to shippers by two major US freight railroads, BNSF and CSX. We describe the approaches and formulations used at BNSF and CSX, comparing them to other published articles on implemented Equipmen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transportation research. Part C, Emerging technologies Emerging technologies, 2011-02, Vol.19 (1), p.103-114
Hauptverfasser: Gorman, Michael F., Crook, Kevin, Sellers, David
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Empty railcar distribution
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North American freight rail
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