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Train Scheduling with Hybrid Answer Set Programming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2020

DIRK ABELS ,
JULIAN JORDI ,
MAX OSTROWSKI ,
TORSTEN SCHAUB Open the ORCID record for TORSTEN SCHAUB [Opens in a new window] ,
AMBRA TOLETTI  and
PHILIPP WANKO Open the ORCID record for PHILIPP WANKO [Opens in a new window]
DIRK ABELS
Affiliation:
SBB, Switzerland
JULIAN JORDI
Affiliation:
SBB, Switzerland
MAX OSTROWSKI
Affiliation:
Potassco Solutions, Germany
TORSTEN SCHAUB
Affiliation:
Potassco Solutions, Germany and University of Potsdam, Germany Simon Fraser University, Canada and Griffith University, Australia
AMBRA TOLETTI
Affiliation:
SBB, Switzerland
PHILIPP WANKO
Affiliation:
Potassco Solutions, Germany and University of Potsdam, Germany, (e-mail: wanko@cs.uni-potsdam.de)
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Abstract

We present a solution to real-world train scheduling problems, involving routing, scheduling, and optimization, based on Answer Set Programming (ASP). To this end, we pursue a hybrid approach that extends ASP with difference constraints to account for a fine-grained timing. More precisely, we exemplarily show how the hybrid ASP system clingo[DL] can be used to tackle demanding planning and scheduling problems. In particular, we investigate how to boost performance by combining distinct ASP solving techniques, such as approximations and heuristics, with preprocessing and encoding techniques for tackling large-scale, real-world train-scheduling instances.

Keywords

constraintsknowledge representation and nonmonotonic reasoninglogic programming methodology and application

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Theory and Practice of Logic Programming , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , May 2021 , pp. 317 - 347
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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This is a substantially extended and revised version of Abels et al. (2019). This work was partially funded by DFG grants SCHA 550/9 and 11.

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