Asia Pacific Rail, November 1st, 2000
Chad L. Barton of Multimodal Applied Systems in the USA discusses the use of software tools to manage complex train operations and improve overall network efficiency
For decades railroad train service planning has been considered more art than science. The lack of any sufficient modeling tools required logistics planners to depend on their experience from years of trial and error and the use rudimentary visual aids to develop and implement train services. The few planners who were anchored long enough in their positions to master the `art' were invaluable sources of information, as they wer...
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