The operational resilience evaluation method as a tool for decision-making during traffic disruptions in the railway system
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Basically, node connections and arc capacity issues are taken into account for resilience evaluation. Then, resilience investigation is mainly limited to catastrophic events with focus on the system layer. Nevertheless, from the operation point of view it is not enough to keep the correct node connection of the system but also to keep the appropriate process schedules. Thus, it is important to go beside the classical network (system) resilience and to develop the concept of operational resilience. In the typical resilience analysis, the main function necessary for resilience evaluation is the performance or functionality in time. Normally it is defined by one criterion, for example available railway lines, or number of trains, or hardly ever also punctuality. Therefore, the 1st aim of this article is to propose a multi properties functionality function, that takes into account operation process parameters like punctuality, delay probability, number of launched trains, and correctly assigned resources. 2nd, the article shows a tree stage fuzzy model to calculate the performance function using the incoherent process parameters. The multidimensional character of the functionality function is well covered by the proposed 3 stage fuzzy model. It makes it possible to put together different measures, and to calculate in an effective way the synthetic functionality/performance value. The model is in detail described as well as its developed including theoretical works, operational data analysis, as well as the experience of experts. The model description is followed by a railway case study, where scenarios elaborated by Experts are evaluated and compared, looking for the best one in terms of resilience. A resilient solution will be that one with the smallest performance/functionality loss in time. Basing on the case it can be concluded that the method is a step forward in resilience research. It has also a high practical potential due to simplification of very complex prediction issues. For example, possible further lack of crews or vehicles is represented as negative influence on the functionality function, without the need to make in short decision time complicated and not maybe incomplete.
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