?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F750%2F&rft.title=Strategies+for+the+use+of+Data+and+Algorithmic+Approaches+in+Railway+Traffic+Management&rft.creator=Barons%2C+Martine&rft.creator=Bick%2C+Chris&rft.creator=Caselli%2C+Marco&rft.creator=Choffrut%2C+Antoine&rft.creator=Doan%2C+Vinh&rft.creator=Eslami%2C+Payman&rft.creator=Foniok%2C+Jan&rft.creator=Guzman-Rincon%2C+Laura&rft.creator=Hill%2C+Roger&rft.creator=Kawabata%2C+Emily&rft.creator=Mizzi%2C+Giovanni&rft.creator=Norman%2C+Chris&rft.creator=Peyerimhoff%2C+Norbert&rft.creator=Piwarska%2C+K.&rft.creator=Please%2C+C.P.&rft.creator=Rooney%2C+Caoimhe&rft.creator=Trejo%2C+Sofia&rft.creator=Whincop%2C+Luke&rft.creator=Whittaker%2C+Robert&rft.creator=Williams%2C+Jessica&rft.creator=Xu%2C+Yuanwei&rft.subject=Transport+and+Automotive&rft.description=A+Railway+Traffic+Management+problem+can+be+defined+as+forecasting+fu-+ture+progression+of+trains%2C+identifying+conflicts+where+two+or+more+trains+compete+for+available+infrastructure%2C+investigating+options+for+resolution+of+conflicts%2C+re-planning+train+schedules+to+minimise+the+impact+on+sy-+stem+performance.+Performance+management+of+complex+networks+is+a+problem+common+to+a+number+of+industries+and+applications.+There+has+been+much+work+over+many+decades+on+modelling+the+generation+and+optimisation+of+railway+timetables.+Much+of+this+focuses+on+relatively+simple+railways+and+services+and+is+therefore+quite+straightforward.+Main+line+railways+have+a+number+of+features+that+introduce+significant+com-+plexity.+Traditionally+the+problem+of+re-planning+a+timetable+in+near+real+time+to+manage+and+recover+from+service+perturbations+and+disruption+is+simplified+to+help+arrive+at+a+solution+in+an+acceptable+amount+of+time%2C+but+this+then+can+have+unintended+consequences+which+can+amplify+rat-+her+than+reduce+the+disruption+in+the+network.+Resonate+are+interested+in+looking+at+different+strategies+%2F+models+%2F+techniques+for+dealing+with+the+problem%2C+the+likely+strengths+and+risks+of+these%2C+and+how+they+might+be+adapted+to+improve+existing+solutions.+The+study+group+participants+undertook+a+brief+survey+of+recent+literature+on+modelling+train+delays+and+found+machine+learning+approaches%2C+network+models+and+a+statisti-+cal+approach+to+defining+the+efficiency+of+a+station+in+dissipating+delays+which+are+worthy+of+further+consideration.+We+then+explored+total+of+nine+modelling+approaches+during+the+study+group.+The+approaches+fell+broadly+into+two+groups%3A+those+that+sought+to+understand+the+pro-+pagation+of+delays+(Approaches+1+to+6)+and+those+that+sought+to+offer+strategies+for+minimising+delays+(Approaches+8+and+9).+Approach+7+pro-+poses+a+way+of+understanding+the+propagation+of+delays+and+using+that+to+evaluate+candidate+policy+decisions.+There+are+a+number+of+promising+approaches+here+which+provide+useful+lines+of+enquiry%2C+many+suitable+for+expansion+beyond+the+simple+railways+modelled%2C+to+include+variable+train+speeds%2C+junctions+and+intersections%2C+temporal+differences+in+usage%2C+such+as+tidal+flows+in+and+out+of+cities%2C+and+resource+constraints.&rft.date=2017&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F750%2F1%2FResonate%2520ESGI130%2520report.pdf&rft.identifier=++Barons%2C+Martine+and+Bick%2C+Chris+and+Caselli%2C+Marco+and+Choffrut%2C+Antoine+and+Doan%2C+Vinh+and+Eslami%2C+Payman+and+Foniok%2C+Jan+and+Guzman-Rincon%2C+Laura+and+Hill%2C+Roger+and+Kawabata%2C+Emily+and+Mizzi%2C+Giovanni+and+Norman%2C+Chris+and+Peyerimhoff%2C+Norbert+and+Piwarska%2C+K.+and+Please%2C+C.P.+and+Rooney%2C+Caoimhe+and+Trejo%2C+Sofia+and+Whincop%2C+Luke+and+Whittaker%2C+Robert+and+Williams%2C+Jessica+and+Xu%2C+Yuanwei++(2017)+Strategies+for+the+use+of+Data+and+Algorithmic+Approaches+in+Railway+Traffic+Management.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++