Faculty of Technical Sciences

University of Novi Sad

Subject: Selected chapters from the management and regulation of rail transport (17.SDI25)

Native organizations units: Department of Traffic Engineering
 
Type of studies Title
Doctoral Academic Studies Traffic Engineering (Godina: 1, Summer)
General information:
 
Category Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field Organizacija i tehnologije transportnih sistema
Interdisciplinary No
ECTS 10
Educational goal:

Introduce students to advanced train management systems and regulation railway

Educational outcome:

By adopting the course content, students will be able to follow the latest trends in mastering the skills of planning, conducting and managing research and the adoption of basic principles for improving the railway safety.

Course content:

Principles, rules and techniques of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), The European Train Control System (ETCS), Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway (GSM-R). Problems, techniques and methods of optimum dispatch: Tactical train scheduling, operational routing of trains routs, Detection and resolution of conflicts in the movement of trains,, eliminating and reducing the impact of train delay,, Train travel costs, maneuvering.. Methods for optimizing of timetables. Planning of rail transport using software packages (OpenTrack, Treno, RailSys...).

Teaching methods:

Display solutions of current problems of modern methods and techniques, analysis of railway safety solutions, student study research.

Literature:
Authors Title Year Publisher Language
Pell, A., Meingast, A., Schauer, O. Trends in Real-time Traffic Simulation, 2017 Transportation Research Procedia, Volume 25, pp. 1477-1484 Serbian language
Hansen I. A., Pachl, J. Railway Timetable and Traffic: Analysis, Modelling and Simulation. 2008 Eurailpress, Hamburg. English
D’Ariano, A. Improving Real-Time Train Dispatching: Models, Algorithms and Applications. 2008 TRAIL Thesis Series T2008/6, Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands. English
Kotushevski, G., Hawick, K. A. A Review of Traffic Simulation Software 2009 Computational Science Technical Note CSTN-095, Massey English
Al-Ibrahim Dynamic Delay Management at Railways: A Semi-Markovian Decision Approach. 2010 Rozenberg Publishers, The Netherlands. English
An, M., Chen, Y., Baker, C. J. A fuzzy reasoning and fuzzy-analytical hierarchy process based approach to the process of railway risk information: 2011 A railway risk management system, Information Sciences, Volume 181, Issue 18, pp. 3946-3966 English
Caimi, G. Algorithmic decision support for train scheduling in a large and highly utilised railway network. 2009 PhD thesis, ETH Zurich, 2009. English
Mazzarello M., Ottaviani, E. A traffic management system for real-time traffic optimisation in railways. 2007 Transportation Research, Part B, 41 (2):246–274. English
Acharya, A., Sadhu, S., Ghoshal, T. K. Train localization and parting detection using data fusion 2011 Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 75-84 English
Corman, F., D’Ariano, A., Pacciarelli, D., Pranzo, M., Samà, M. Integrating train scheduling and delay management in real-time railway traffic control, 2017 Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 105, pp. 213-239 English
Knowledge evaluation:
Course activity Pre-examination Obligations Number of points
Oral part of the exam No Yes 50.00
Project Yes Yes 50.00
Lecturers:
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prof. dr Stojić Gordan

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prof. dr Stojić Gordan

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Study research work
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prof. dr Tanackov Ilija

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Study research work
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prof. dr Tanackov Ilija

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Faculty of Technical Sciences

University of Novi Sad
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