Research Article

A Branch and Bound Algorithm and Iterative Reordering Strategies for Inserting Additional Trains in Real Time: A Case Study in Germany

Table 2

Results of inserting additional trains to a fixed order timetable (subproblem 1).

Number of additional trains Lower bound () Upper bound () Percentage of in Time

1 0 0 100 0.02
2 0 0 100 0.26
3 0 0 100 0.27
4 0 0 100 0.29
5 0 0 100 1.26
6 0 0 100 1.56
7 0 0 100 1.93
8 0 0 100 2.90
9 0 0 100 3.38
10 1 143 87.22 3.67
11 1 143 87.29 4.14
12 1 143 87.37 4.62
13 1 423 93.10 16.20
14 2 423 92.91 17.82
15 2 423 93.00 24.17