ATMOS 2003



Algorithmic MeThods and Models for Optimization of RailwayS
Budapest, Hotel Bencz
úr, 15-20 September, 2003


                                                                                                                                                                    


Contents
  
Location
   Scope and objectives
   Invited speaker
   Accepted papers
  
Program  
   Paper submission
   Program committee
   Proceedings
   Important dates

   Registration and Hotel Reservation Form

LOCATION

 

ATMOS 2003 will be part of ALGO 2003 that will take place in Budapest, Hungary, September 15-20, 2003.


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SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

 

Railway optimization problems are extremely complex and their efficient solution is a rather difficult task. Problems and user requirements need to be transformed into formal mathematical models that have to be as accurate as possible. Advanced mathematical methods and sophisticated algorithms are required to efficiently tackle the derived optimization problems. Development of efficient algorithms need to be alternated with experimental studies to exhibit the practical merits of the algorithms and provide useful prototype implementations. Formal models and methods need to be developed to evaluate the whole design process from requirements and specifications up to software prototyping. Consequently, the efficient solution of railway optimization problems requires a coordinated interdisciplinary effort from researchers in mathematical and combinatorial optimization, formal methods, foundations of software engineering, algorithm design, theory of computation, and algorithm engineering.
 
The main aim of ATMOS 2003 is to provide a forum for the exchange and dissemination of new ideas, techniques, and research in the field of railway optimization. In particular, the workshop is meant to bring together researchers from the above areas interested in all aspects of algorithmic methods and models for railway optimization, including those interested in formal software specification and implementation methods, and in formal domain and knowledge models of railway systems.

The program of the workshop will consist of both contributed and invited talks. All submissions will be refereed.

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INVITED SPEAKER


    Rolf Moehring (Technische Universitaet Berlin)

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ACCEPTED PAPERS


Dynamic Shortest Path Containers
Dorothea Wagner, Thomas Willhalm, Christos Zaroliagis
 
A graph theoretical approach to the shunting problem
Gabriele Di Stefano, Magnus Love Koci
 
Towards Realistic Modeling of Time-Table Information through the Time-Dependent Approach
Evangelia Pyrga, Frank Schulz, Dorothea Wagner, Christos Zaroliagis
 
Time-dependent networks as models to achieve fast exact time-table queries
Gerth Brodal, Riko Jacob
 
Symmetry for Periodic Railway Timetables
Christian Liebchen
 
The station location problem on two intersecting lines
Maria Flavia Mammana, Steffen Mecke,  Dorothea Wagner


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PROGRAM


19 September

15:30 - 16:20
   Invited talk - Rolf Moehring:
   Periodic Time Tabling: Models, Algorithms, and Applications

20 September

09:00 - 09:25
   Symmetry for Periodic Railway Timetables
   C. Liebchen

09:25 - 09:50
   Dynamic Shortest Path Containers
   D. Wagner and T. Willhalm and C. Zaroliagis

09:50 - 10:20  coffee break

10:20 - 10:45
   A graph theoretical approach to the shunting problem
   G. Di Stefano and M. Love Koci

10:45 - 11:10
   The station location problem on two intersecting lines
   M.F. Mammana and  S. Mecke and D. Wagner

11:10 - 11:20  short break

11:20 - 11:45
   Time-dependent networks as models to achieve fast exact time-table queries
   G. Brodal and R. Jacob

11:45 - 12:10
   Towards Realistic Modeling of Time-Table Information through the Time-Dependent Approach
   E. Pyrga and F. Schulz and D. Wagner and C. Zaroliagis


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PAPER SUBMISSION


    by email to atmos03@dis.uniroma1.it ultimately June 5, 2003.

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE

 

    M. Fischetti, U. Padova
    B. Gerards, CWI Amsterdam (co-chair)
    M. Marathe, Los Alamos National Lab
    A. Marchetti-Spaccamela, U. Roma "La Sapienza" (co-chair)
    F. Wagner, Deutsche Bahn
    P. Widmayer, ETH Zurich

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PROCEEDINGS

 

The proceedings of the workshop will be published in Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science.  A final copy of each accepted paper is required by July 5, 2003.

The workshop is supported by the Human Potential Programme of EU under contract no. HPRN-CT-1999-00104 (project AMORE).


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IMPORTANT DATES

 

*    Deadline for Paper Submission: June 5, 2003
*    Notification of Acceptance: June 20, 2003
*    Final Version due : July 5, 2003

                                      

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