Concurrent Optimization of Mountain Railway Alignment and Station Locations With a Three-Dimensional Distance Transform Algorithm Incorporating a Perceptual Search Strategy

The design of railway alignment and station locations involves two intertwined problems, which makes it a complex and time-consuming task. Especially in mountainous regions, the large 3-dimensional (3D) search spaces, complex terrain conditions, coupling constraints and infinite numbers of potential...

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Main Authors: Hao Pu, Xiaoming Li, Paul M. Schonfeld, Wei Li, Jian Zhang, Jie Wang, Jianping Hu, Xianbao Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9360828/