All Outputs (6)

Bayesian network-based probability analysis of train derailments caused by various extreme weather patterns on railway turnouts (2017)
Journal Article
Dindar, S., Kaewunruen, S., An, M., & Sussman, J. (2018). Bayesian network-based probability analysis of train derailments caused by various extreme weather patterns on railway turnouts. Safety Science, 110(Part B), 20-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.12.028

Since multiple failure events associated with derailments could not be identified and derailment probability could not be reached quantitatively by event tree and fault tree analysis for safety assessment in railway systems, applications of Bayesian... Read More about Bayesian network-based probability analysis of train derailments caused by various extreme weather patterns on railway turnouts.

Track assignment adjustment problem in complex railway passenger stations (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Zhang, Y., An, M., & Wang, L. (2017, October). Track assignment adjustment problem in complex railway passenger stations. Presented at The 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017, Changsha, China

Track assignment plans are often adjusted for the purpose of safety and the minimum delay in real-time conditions, especially in busy complex railway passenger stations. First, taken trains as nodes, tracks as colors, a graph coloring model is design... Read More about Track assignment adjustment problem in complex railway passenger stations.

Railway network reliability analysis based on key station identification using complex network theory : a real-world case study of high-speed rail network (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Wang, L., An, M., Zhang, Y., & Rana, K. (2017, October). Railway network reliability analysis based on key station identification using complex network theory : a real-world case study of high-speed rail network. Presented at International Research Conference 2017 : Shaping Tomorrow's Built Environment, University of Salford, UK

The railway infrastructures have been rapidly developed around the world in the recent years. As a consequence, topology structures and operation modes of the railway network are greatly changed to very complicated network systems. Reliability anal... Read More about Railway network reliability analysis based on key station identification using complex network theory : a real-world case study of high-speed rail network.

A phenomenological study on decision making under uncertainty in real estate investments in Subsaharan Africa - a critical review of literature (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Nsibande, C., & An, M. (2017, September). A phenomenological study on decision making under uncertainty in real estate investments in Subsaharan Africa - a critical review of literature. Presented at 13th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC), University of Salford, UK

Decision making under uncertainty can be traced back to the beginning of the 20th century as defined by Von Neumann and Morgenstein in what was termed expected utility theory. Kahneman and Tversky reinvented decision making theories and introduced... Read More about A phenomenological study on decision making under uncertainty in real estate investments in Subsaharan Africa - a critical review of literature.

Considerations of out-of-gauge freight transportation in railway infrastructure development and maintenance projects (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Zhang, Y., An, M., Wang, L., & Lei, D. (2017, September). Considerations of out-of-gauge freight transportation in railway infrastructure development and maintenance projects. Presented at International Research Conference 2017: Shaping Tomorrow's Built Environment, University of Salford, UK

The demands of railway infrastructure development are increased to meet rail transport requirements, particularly, for those large scale equipment and oversized cargoes that are often beyond railway gauges such as vehicle/infrastructure structure gau... Read More about Considerations of out-of-gauge freight transportation in railway infrastructure development and maintenance projects.

Derailment-based fault tree analysis on risk management of railway turnout systems (2017)
Journal Article
of railway turnout systems. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 245(II), 042020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/245/4/042020

Railway turnouts are fundamental mechanical infrastructures, which allow a rolling stock to divert one direction to another. As those are of a large number of engineering subsystems, e.g. track, signalling, earthworks, these particular sub-systems ar... Read More about Derailment-based fault tree analysis on risk management of railway turnout systems.