10th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis
RailBelgrade 2023
Belgrade, Serbia, April 25th – 28th, 2023
Aims of IAROR
IAROR was founded in 2005 and has currently more than 400 members. IAROR combines the expertise of academic and professional railway research with the aim of enhancing the quality of service for railway passengers and customers, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of capacity management, timetabling, traffic management and ensuring the safety of railway operations. IAROR stimulates innovative theoretical approaches, high-tech concepts, new technological developments and dynamic decision support systems that contribute to a higher flexibility, performance and punctuality of trains operating on lines, nodes and in heterogeneous networks. IAROR contributes to the development of new international standards for railway capacity and traffic management by integration of the state-of-the-art from different scientific disciplines as engineering, mathematics, physics, economics and computer science. IAROR is a Network of Excellence in the field of railway operations research.
IAROR has organized the International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis (ICROMA) every two years since 2005. The previous nine conferences were held at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands; Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; ETH Zürich, Switzerland; University of Rome, Italy; Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan; IFSTTAR, France; Linköping University, Sweden; and Beijing Jiaotong University, China. The 10th international conference RailBelgrade 2023 will be held at University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Topics
RailBelgrade 2023 solicits contributions dealing with any aspect of railway operations modelling and analysis. Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest are:
- Railway alignment and network design
- Line planning
- Timetabling (scheduling and routing)
- Rolling stock and crew scheduling
- Railway maintenance planning and scheduling
- Railway traffic management and rescheduling
- Disruption management and contingency planning
- Train delay prediction and conflict detection
- Railway capacity assessment of nodes, lines and networks
- Railway performance: punctuality, stability, robustness, resilience
- Railway safety analysis and risk assessment
- Railway signalling and control systems
- Train trajectory optimization and train control
- Driver Advisory Systems and Automatic Train Operation
- Digital Automated Train Operation
- Passenger flows in stations, on platforms, and dwell times
- Passenger assignment
- Rail freight transport
- Rail yard operation and design
- Multimodal transport systems
- Energy saving in railways
- Emerging railway technologies
- Rail governance and economics
- Decision support systems
- Railway simulation and digital twins
Paper Submission and Important Dates
RailBelgrade 2023 submission options include:
- Type A: Research paper
- Type B: Industrial paper
The authors of research papers (Type A) should submit a full paper of a maximum length of 20 pages in ICROMA format including figures and references, while the authors of industrial papers (Type B) can submit a paper of at most 10 pages. The full research papers will be reviewed according to the standard scientific criteria: originality, consistency, relevance, and technical writing proficiency. The review of the industrial papers will retain the former criteria except scientific originality. The purpose of an industrial paper is to showcase innovations and applications of research and development in the railway industry. The main author of an industrial paper is not affiliated with an academic institute.
For more information, please refer to Submission Guide.
Please take note of the following Important dates to avoid delays.
Publication
All accepted submissions will appear in the Book of Abstracts and their full papers will be available to conference participants. The authors of the top 10 best research papers selected by the Scientific Advisory Committee will be invited to submit their paper to a special issue of the Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management.
Keynotes and Mini Course
Leading railway scientists from different disciplines and professionals from the railway industry will deliver keynote speeches. A mini course on railway transport will be offered optionally to young researchers on April 25th, 2023. For more information, please refer to Keynotes and Mini Course.
Awards
The Young Research Award will be awarded to outstanding young researchers and professionals who present their excellent papers on innovative research. The winners will be announced at the closing session of the conference. The process for Awards and Best Papers Section is available at the IAROR website www.iaror.org.
Organizer
RailBelgrade 2023 is organized jointly by the International Association of Railway Operations Research (IAROR) and University of Belgrade - Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering (UB-FTTE).
