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An experimental comparison of periodic timetabling models

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Published
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>10/2013
<mark>Journal</mark>Computers and Operations Research
Issue number10
Volume40
Number of pages9
Pages (from-to)2251-2259
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date11/04/13
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

In the Periodic Timetabling Problem, vehicle arrivals and departures need to be scheduled over a periodically repeating time horizon. Its relevance and applicability have been demonstrated by several real-world implementations, including the Netherlands railways and the Berlin subway. In this work, we consider the practical impact of two possible problem variations: firstly, how passenger paths are handled, and secondly, how line frequencies are included. In computational experiments on real-world and close-to real-world networks, we can show that passenger travel times can significantly benefit from extended models.