Shunting Strategy for Placing-In and Taking-Out Wagons on Branch-Shaped Freight Operation Network with Simulation Method

Because of China’s vast territory, large population, and huge demand for bulk materials, the railway transportation mode has always received considerable attention. For long-haul transportation, railway transportation can provide a scheduled-based transport plan, all-weather transport service, and c...

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Main Authors: Bing Li, Wenyao Qu, Hua Xuan, Chunqiu Xu, Xueyuan Wang, Yifei Geng
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Transportation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3410481
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author Bing Li
Wenyao Qu
Hua Xuan
Chunqiu Xu
Xueyuan Wang
Yifei Geng
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description Because of China’s vast territory, large population, and huge demand for bulk materials, the railway transportation mode has always received considerable attention. For long-haul transportation, railway transportation can provide a scheduled-based transport plan, all-weather transport service, and cheaper carry instead of other transport modes. The study described in this paper attempts to develop a simulation platform for optimizing the placing-in and taking-out wagons system on the branch-shaped freight operation network (PTWS-BSFON). The operation process of PTWS is thoroughly analyzed from three aspects of decoupling-coupling wagons subsystem, placing-in local wagons subsystem, and taking-out local wagons subsystem. And then the simulation platform encompassing two typically shunting modes of PTWS are developed by Arena software. Under scenarios of PTWS-SO and PTWS-SSMS, the hierarchical structure of the shunting strategies is, respectively, outlined in the simulation platform. Finally, the shunting strategies based on the simulation platform are carried out by concrete examples, which prove the rationality of the methodology in applying different strategies and enhancing the performances of the PTWS-BSFON.
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spelling doaj-art-1f02dc06c2e5477abcd8e85bd2ec2cd42025-08-20T03:54:34ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952020-01-01202010.1155/2020/34104813410481Shunting Strategy for Placing-In and Taking-Out Wagons on Branch-Shaped Freight Operation Network with Simulation MethodBing Li0Wenyao Qu1Hua Xuan2Chunqiu Xu3Xueyuan Wang4Yifei Geng5School of Management Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, ChinaSchool of Management Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, ChinaSchool of Management Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, ChinaSchool of Management Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, ChinaSchool of Management Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, ChinaSchool of Management Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, ChinaBecause of China’s vast territory, large population, and huge demand for bulk materials, the railway transportation mode has always received considerable attention. For long-haul transportation, railway transportation can provide a scheduled-based transport plan, all-weather transport service, and cheaper carry instead of other transport modes. The study described in this paper attempts to develop a simulation platform for optimizing the placing-in and taking-out wagons system on the branch-shaped freight operation network (PTWS-BSFON). The operation process of PTWS is thoroughly analyzed from three aspects of decoupling-coupling wagons subsystem, placing-in local wagons subsystem, and taking-out local wagons subsystem. And then the simulation platform encompassing two typically shunting modes of PTWS are developed by Arena software. Under scenarios of PTWS-SO and PTWS-SSMS, the hierarchical structure of the shunting strategies is, respectively, outlined in the simulation platform. Finally, the shunting strategies based on the simulation platform are carried out by concrete examples, which prove the rationality of the methodology in applying different strategies and enhancing the performances of the PTWS-BSFON.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3410481
spellingShingle Bing Li
Wenyao Qu
Hua Xuan
Chunqiu Xu
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Yifei Geng
Shunting Strategy for Placing-In and Taking-Out Wagons on Branch-Shaped Freight Operation Network with Simulation Method
Journal of Advanced Transportation
title Shunting Strategy for Placing-In and Taking-Out Wagons on Branch-Shaped Freight Operation Network with Simulation Method
title_full Shunting Strategy for Placing-In and Taking-Out Wagons on Branch-Shaped Freight Operation Network with Simulation Method
title_fullStr Shunting Strategy for Placing-In and Taking-Out Wagons on Branch-Shaped Freight Operation Network with Simulation Method
title_full_unstemmed Shunting Strategy for Placing-In and Taking-Out Wagons on Branch-Shaped Freight Operation Network with Simulation Method
title_short Shunting Strategy for Placing-In and Taking-Out Wagons on Branch-Shaped Freight Operation Network with Simulation Method
title_sort shunting strategy for placing in and taking out wagons on branch shaped freight operation network with simulation method
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3410481
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