The stochastic maintenance location routing allocation problem for rolling stock

D. D. Tönissen, J. J. Arts*

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Abstract

We study a problem where – given a railway network and different fleets – we have to locate maintenance locations and allocate the fleets to these locations. The allocation of fleets to the maintenance locations complicates the maintenance location routing problem. For each candidate location different facility sizes can be chosen and for each size there is an associated annual facility cost that captures the economies of scale in facility size. Because of the strategic nature of facility location, these facilities should be able to handle changes such as adjustments to the line plan and the introduction of new rolling stock types. We capture these changes by discrete scenarios and we formulate this two-stage stochastic problem as a mixed integer problem. Furthermore, we perform a case study with the Netherlands Railways that provides novel managerial insights by showing that the number of opened maintenance facilities highly depends on the allocation restrictions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number107826
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Production Economics
Volume230
Early online date6 Jun 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2020

Funding

We thank the NS for all the help they have given us while writing this paper.

Keywords

  • Facility location
  • Maintenance routing
  • Rolling stock
  • Stochastic programming

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