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Graph coloring-based approach for railway station design analysis and capacity determination

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  • Jovanović, Predrag
  • Pavlović, Norbert
  • Belošević, Ivan
  • Milinković, Sanjin

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This study develops an optimization model for strategic decision-making in railway station design, enabling the comparison and selection of a station layout that maximizes the theoretical infrastructure capacity, completely independent of timetables. The model, using well-known combinatorial problems, such as the weighted vertex coloring problem and traveling salesman problem, identifies a route sequence that occupies a minimum amount of infrastructure and calculates the theoretical capacity. The model is tested on six different layouts for a station in the design phase, as well as on one fully operating station. The test results demonstrate the simplicity of implementing the model.

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  • Jovanović, Predrag & Pavlović, Norbert & Belošević, Ivan & Milinković, Sanjin, 2020. "Graph coloring-based approach for railway station design analysis and capacity determination," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 287(1), pages 348-360.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:287:y:2020:i:1:p:348-360
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2020.04.057
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