Locomotive maintenance scheduling: optimization approaches and a case study
Pedro Munari,
Silvio A. de Araujo,
Eduardo Beker
et al.
Abstract:The Locomotive Maintenance Scheduling Problem arises in the planning and control operations in railroad companies. In this problem, locomotives are parked in yards adjacent to maintenance shops where various maintenance tasks are performed. These shops have limited and specific service stations for each type of maintenance. The goal is to schedule locomotives to service stations aiming at satisfying the locomotive availability targets as well as reducing the backlog for unavailable locomotives by the end of th… Show more
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