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We present a tool for solving and plotting train schedules which has been developed in collaboration with the National Network of Spanish Railways (RENFE). This tool transforms railway problems into formal mathematical models that can be solved and then plots the best possible solution available. Due to the complexity of problems of this kind, the use of preprocessing steps and heuristics become necessary. The results are plotted and interactively filtered by the human user.
This work has been supported by a join contract RENFE-UC/UPV and a visiting research fellow (Miguel A. Salido) from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.
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Barber, F., Salido, M.A., Ingolotti, L.P., Abril, M., Lova, A.L., Tormos, M.P. (2004). An Interactive Train Scheduling Tool for Solving and Plotting Running Maps. In: Conejo, R., Urretavizcaya, M., Pérez-de-la-Cruz, JL. (eds) Current Topics in Artificial Intelligence. TTIA 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3040. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25945-9_64
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