Traffic management optimization of railway networks

This thesis adopts optimization approaches to tackle the traffic management problem for railway networks, aiming at achieving better performance of railway operations, in terms of punctuality, reliability, non-discrimination, capacity utilization, and energy efficiency. Specifically, the following four aspects are considered: - Non-discriminatory traffic control; - Traffic control cooperating with a preventive maintenance plan; - Traffic control integrating with train control; - Distributed optimization of traffic control for large networks.