Francesco Piu
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International journals
Published
Total: 1
- Piu, F., Kumar, P., Bierlaire, M., and Speranza, G. (2015). Introducing a preliminary Consists Selection in the Locomotive Assignment Problem, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 82:217-237. doi:10.1016/j.tre.2015.07.003
Research projects
- Robust Optimization of Railway Locomotive Assignment
- Sponsor: Transport and Mobility Laboratory, EPFL
- Team: Michel Bierlaire (PI), Prem Kumar (PM), Francesco Piu
- Period: October 01, 2010-September 30, 2011
- Locomotive assignment at Railway companies is a complex problem that must optimally assign a set of locomotives to known, scheduled trains. Each train has a power and traction requirement and locomotives may be available in groups known as "consist". There is a cost involved in breaking or adding a locomotive to a consist. Determining an optimal locomotive assignment that would also be robust to handle delays, maintenance requirements and other unknown factors is a complex problem. We are inspired from the research in a similar, closely related subject in the airline industry and would explore the possibilities of extending the same to railways. This project would be a part of the larger concept of "Flexible Transportation Systems"
Regular teaching
- Recherche opérationnelle
- Year: Spring 2011
- Section(s): Civil Engineering, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Lecturer: Michel Bierlaire
- Teaching assistant: Mamy Fetiarison, Francesco Piu
- Webpage: http://transp-or.epfl.ch/courses/ro2011/