Roads, railways and rail transit lines play major roles in transporting passengers and freight.
In the design process for such transportation infrastructures, the alignment determination …

With the rising freight demand, specialized heavy-haul railway corridors allow heavier trains
to transport heavy freight, improving productivity and lowering unit costs. Generally, a heavy …

Feature selection (FS) is recognized for its role in enhancing the performance of learning
algorithms, especially for high-dimensional datasets. In recent times, FS has been framed as …

Railway alignment optimization should consider multiple environmental factors. Especially
considering the changing climate, low-carbon design is crucial in alignment development …

Mountain railway alignment optimization has always been a challenge for designers and
researchers in this field. It is extremely difficult for existing methods that optimize alignments …

In response to the increasing demand for freight transportation, specialized heavy-haul
railway lines were constructed to accommodate larger trains carrying heavier loads. This led …

This paper deals with the problem of designing a bypass on a railway line. Based on a
geometrical model capable of determining automatically the need of major structures …

Karst hazard is a considerable threat that should be considered in railway alignment design
for mountainous regions with dense water systems. Nevertheless, alignment design …

Railway alignment optimization in earthquake‐prone mountainous (EPM) regions should
quantify and trade off construction investments and seismic risks. Unfortunately, slight …

Vertical alignment design is an important process for railway construction which
fundamentally affects the infrastructure investment cost. Determining an optimized vertical …