Title :
The Rail Yard Manager
Author :
Lewellen, Myron ; Ravula, Ramesh ; Swab, Rodney ; Pratt, Bruce
Author_Institution :
Artificial Intelligence/ Oper. Res. Center, Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, NE, USA
Abstract :
The Rail Yard Manager (RYM) system is a scheduling and decision support tool used by yard operators and yard managers to increase service reliability through improved operations in a rail yard. The paper describes the intelligent strategies used to schedule operations in a rail yard. It is shown how artificial intelligence and operations research techniques, with the help of object oriented technology can complement one another in developing an efficient and effective tool for rail yard management
Keywords :
decision support systems; knowledge based systems; object-oriented programming; rail traffic; railways; scheduling; traffic control; RYM system; Rail Yard Manager; artificial intelligence; decision support tool; intelligent strategies; object oriented technology; operations research techniques; rail yard management; scheduling; service reliability; Artificial intelligence; Automotive materials; Availability; Decision making; Job shop scheduling; Object oriented modeling; Operations research; Rails; Search engines; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1994. Proceedings., Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6785-0
DOI :
10.1109/TAI.1994.346506
