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ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 104
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 192

Agent Based Simulation of a Single-Wagon Load Network

D. Bruckmann1, C.E. Jackson1, M. Balmer2 and U. Weidmann1

1Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2Senozon AG, Zurich, Switzerland

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
D. Bruckmann, C.E. Jackson, M. Balmer, U. Weidmann, "Agent Based Simulation of a Single-Wagon Load Network", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 192, 2014. doi:10.4203/ccp.104.192
Keywords: single wagon load, agent based, simulation, network optimization.

Summary
This paper shows the first implementation step of an agent-based simulation of the single wagonload (SWL) network in Switzerland. SWL is still a major component of the Swiss freight transportation system. To hold the market share of the SWL system a reduction of production costs and an increase in quality is needed. To evaluate alternative production schemes and the effects of technological innovations a simulation tool is necessary. Since there are no suitable tools available which can cover all the need of a SWL simulation the IVT is developing (in cooperation with Senozon) a new agent-based tool called GüterSim, on basis of the existing software MATSim. Now that the first implementation step is finished, the first simulations can be run.

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