Integrating capacity analysis with high-speed railway timetabling: A minimum cycle time calculation model with flexible overtaking constraints and intelligent enumeration

Compared with most optimization methods for capacity evaluation, integrating capacity analysis with timetabling can reveal the types of train line plans and operating rules that have a positive influence on improving capacity utilization as well as yielding more accurate analyses. For most capacity analyses and cyclic timetabling methods, the cycle time is a constant (e.g., one or two hours). In this paper, we propose a minimum cycle time calculation (MCTC) model based on the periodic event scheduling problem (PESP) for a given train line plan, which is promising for macroscopic train timetabling and capacity analysis. In accordance with train operating rules, a non-collision constraint and a series of flexible overtaking constraints (FOCs) are constructed based on variations of the original binary variables in the PESP. Because of the complexity of the PESP, an iterative approximation (IA) method for integration with the CPLEX solver is proposed. Finally, two hypothetical cases are considered to analyze railway capacity, and several influencing factors are studied, including train regularity, train speed, line plan specifications (train stops), overtaking and train heterogeneity. The MCTC model and IA method are used to test a real-world case involving the timetable of the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway in China.     

Residential segregation and commuting patterns of migrant workers in China

In China, many rural migrant workers experience residential segregation and live in urbanizing villages, due to China’s unique institutional context (e.g. land tenure system, hukou system) as well as exclusionary housing regulations. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether these urbanizing villages provide good job accessibility for rural migrant workers. We explore this problem by investigating the commuting patterns of migrant workers. Through a survey conducted in 2009 across four mega-regions in China that are currently experiencing rapid urbanization, we collected individual level information on rural migrant workers’ commute distances and durations, demographics, household socioeconomic status, and whether the migrant worker is living in an urbanizing village or not. From residential address information collected in the survey, we constructed a group of built environment variables. Using IV Tobit models to address the endogeneity issues associated with residential location choice, our analyses show that these urbanizing villages actually provide relatively good accessibility to job opportunities. This result is different from what is suggested by the spatial mismatch literature based on U.S. data. This research helps to fill the gap in the literature on the relationship between residential segregation, built environment and travel behavior in the Chinese context. The findings have implications for policymaking, especially when many government officials are proposing to demolish urbanizing villages without fully realizing the benefits of these villages. This research could also provide useful information for other developing countries facing residential segregation of migrants or immigrants.     

改进的免疫模拟退火算法求解混合流水车间调度问题

针对混合流水车间调度问题的特点,设计了一种双层编码和解码的方法,在一定程度上扩大了可行解的搜索范围,为了克服传统免疫算法在初期收敛速度慢的问题,在算法的早期应用特定的变异算子,以期提高收敛速度,为避免算法陷入局部最优解,在算法后期,利用模拟退火算法的随机扰动性,引导算法跳出局部最优解,同时还引入了免疫记忆,运用精英保留策略预防最优解的丢失,最终提出了一种改进的混合免疫算法.通过仿真结果表明了该算法在解决混合流水车间问题上的可行性和有效性.     

基于联合调度优化模型的共享汽车分析

共享汽车行业曾在几年前广为繁荣,但由于其所具有的重模式、高成本、难以盈利等弊端,造成企业难以持续融资,行业难以持续繁荣的困境.如今,随着汽车车型更新换代日益迅速,加之疫情影响经济发展,消费者更倾向于轻便的用车模式,使得具有"分时租赁"特点的共享汽车获得很大发展机遇.本文综合利用Excel、Python软件,先以经纬度为...     

故障救援情形下的地铁列车调度调整模型

基于给定的救援组织方案,以列车运行时间、备用列车加开位置和方向、客流量等为约束条件,以备用列车加开方案和列车到发时间为决策变量,以站台滞留人数与加开备用列车数的加权和最小为目标,构建故障救援情形下的地铁列车调度调整混合整数规划模型.对模型线性化后,采用商业软件CPLEX求解.以某地铁运营线路为例,以不固定和固定备用列车...     

Effects of passenger characteristics and terminal layout on airport retail revenue: an agent-based simulation approach

This paper examines the effect of passenger characteristics and terminal layout on airport retail revenue using an agent-based simulation approach. Simulation results show that passenger mix (that is, the mix of shopper types according to a typology of airport shoppers) has a profound effect on airport retail revenue; the larger the number of ‘shopping lovers’ there are among passengers, the higher the airport retail revenue. Results also reveal that group travel can lead to negative effects on retail in certain terminal layouts, and that the amount of free dwell time that a passenger has can affect spending due to less retail engagement. This paper shows a combined effect of passenger characteristics and terminal layout on airport retail revenue, and discusses the implications of these results for future airport terminal design that aims to maximise retail potential.     

分布式工控实时数据库的设计与实现

在工控领域,实时数据库的设计已成为企业现代化生产所急需解决的重要问题.该文提出了一种分布式工控实时数据库的设计,并根据内存数据库的特点,提出了其中关键问题的解决方法.     

战场抢修多目标多分队调度优化研究

基于多目标的战场抢修分队调度优化问题一直以来是装备指挥管理部门关注的问题之一.通过约束转换,确立了采用遗传算法进行多目标优化调度的模型,并详细地说明了遗传操作方法的设计,实例验证了遗传算法在多目标多分队调度问题处理过程中的有效性.     

基于模拟退火-自适应布谷鸟算法的城市公交调度优化研究

为改善城市常规公交运营效率,提出基于模拟退火-自适应布谷鸟算法的公交调度优化模型.通过结合线路实际客流数据反映的客流特征,建立考虑公交公司和乘客双方利益的公交调度优化模型;改进布谷鸟算法固定步长并加入模拟退火算法退火操作,设计模拟退火-自适应布谷鸟算法,改善寻优过程中跳出局部最优解而全局寻优的能力;以福州125路公交线...     

基于岗位要求的高职《汽车保险与理赔》课程信息化教学改革研究与实践

文章基于汽车保险行业岗位要求,根据《汽车保险与理赔》课程特点和教学中存在的问题进行信息化教学改革,培养学生保险销售能力、承保核保能力以及查勘定损实际处理能力。此次改革增强了学生自主学习意识,提高了学习兴趣,实现以“学生为主,教师为辅”的教学模式,提升教学效果。