An interactive train scheduling workbench based on artificial intelligence

Author

Lin, Hsien-Cheng ; Hsu, Ching-Chi

Author_Institution

Technol. Res. Div., Inst. for Inf. Ind., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

1994

fDate

6-9 Nov 1994

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

48

Abstract

We describe a practical train scheduling system (called TSS) designed for the Taiwan Railway Bureau (TRB). TSS has two major components. The first is Auto Scheduler which includes an initial scheduler, a conflict finder, and a conflict resolver. Auto Scheduler uses the concept of bugging as problem solving tactics. The second is Manual Scheduler which provides some effective editing functions for users to tune schedules generated by Auto Scheduler. Through an easy-to-use user interface, these components can be used to solve large-scale complex train scheduling problems

Keywords

interactive systems; knowledge based systems; rail traffic; railways; scheduling; user interfaces; Auto Scheduler; Manual Scheduler; TRB; TSS; Taiwan Railway Bureau; artificial intelligence; bugging; conflict finder; conflict resolver; easy-to-use user interface; editing functions; initial scheduler; interactive train scheduling workbench; knowledge based systems; large-scale complex train scheduling problems; practical train scheduling system; problem solving tactics; Artificial intelligence; Belts; Computer architecture; Industrial training; Job shop scheduling; Large-scale systems; Problem-solving; Processor scheduling; Rail transportation; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1994. Proceedings., Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6785-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TAI.1994.346515

Filename

346515