Engineering Systems Division (ESD) Working Paper Series: Recent submissions

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    • An approximate dynamic programming approach for designing train timetables 

      Pena Alcaraz, Maite; Webster, Mort; Ramos, Andres (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2011-08)
      Traditional approaches to solving the train timetabling problem—the optimal allocation of when each train arrives and departs each station—have relied on Mixed-Integer Programming (MIP) approaches. We propose an alternative ...

    • Growth Patterns of Subway/Metro Systems Tracked by Degree Correlation 

      Whitney, Daniel E. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2011-08)
      Urban transportation systems grow over time as city populations grow and move and their transportation needs evolve. Typical network growth models, such as preferential attachment, grow the network node by node whereas ...

    • Financing Methods for High-Speed Rail with Application to Portugal 

      Huang, Teng; Sussman, Joseph M. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2011-08)
      High-Speed Rail (HSR) is of substantial and growing interest around the world. The European Union (EU) sees it as an integrating force; China is investing at an extraordinary level and even the U.S. is trying to move ...