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Bibliography of Dr. Edwin R "Chip" Kraft's Articles:

Kraft, E. R. (1980) Union Bridge Branch, National Railway Bulletin 45 (2) 24-30.

Kraft, E. R. (1982) Jam Capacity of Single Track Rail Lines. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Forum 23 (1) 461-471. Abstract, TRIS Abstract

Kraft, E. R. (1983) Computer Simulation in Real Time Rail Traffic Control, Master's Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Abstract, Chapter 2 Online

Kraft, E. R (1987) A Branch and Bound Procedure for Optimal Train Dispatching, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum 28 (1) 263-276. Abstract, TRIS Abstract

Kraft, E. R. (1988) Analytical Models for Rail Line Capacity Analysis, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum 29 (1) 153-162. TRIS Abstract

Kraft, E. R. (1992) Car Cycle Analysis and Network Modeling at CSX Transportation: Using the "QBase" file, Proceedings of the Transportation Research Forum Daytona Beach Meeting.

Kraft, E. R. and Guignard-Spielberg, M. (1993) A Mixed Integer Optimization Model to Improve Freight Car Classification in Railroad Yards. Report 93-06-06, Department of Operations and Information Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Timian’s Review NTIS #ADA289371 , GAMS Source Code

Kraft, E. R. (1995) The Link Between Demand Variability and Railroad Service Reliability, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum 34 (2) 27-43. A discussion of this paper can be found in Transportation Research Forum Proceedings, 36'th Annual Meeting, Daytona Beach, FL, 167-173. TRIS Abstract.

Kraft, E. R. (1998) A Reservations-Based Railway Network Operations Management System. Ph. D. Dissertation, Department of Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. UMI Order # 9829930. Abstract, Order from UMI, Download PDF

Kraft, E. R. (2000) The Value of Rail Car Scheduling, University of Pennsylvania, Systems Engineering Department Working Paper 99-13. Full Text, February 2001 Railway Age column, Swan's and Tyworth's response to Lang, Roberts and Sammon's TRB article

Kraft, E. R., Srikar, B.N. and Phillips, R. L. (2000) Revenue Management in Railroad Applications, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum 39 (1) 157-176, published jointly with Transportation Quarterly, Winter 2000 edition 54 (1). TRIS Abstract, Slide Presentation

Kraft, E. R. (2000) Implementation Strategies for Railroad Dynamic Freight Car Scheduling, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum 39 (3) 119-137, published jointly with Transportation Quarterly, Summer 2000 edition 54 (3).

Kraft, E. R. (2000) A Hump Sequencing Algorithm for Real Time Management of Train Connection Reliability, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum 39 (4) 95-115, published jointly with Transportation Quarterly, Fall 2000 edition 54 (4). TRIS Abstract, Slide Presentation

Kraft, E. R. (2000) Priority Car Sorting in Railroad Classification Yards Using a Continuous Multi-Stage Method, U.S. Patent #6,418,854, filed November 21, 2000. Slide Presentation

Kraft, E. R. (2001) High Capacity Multiple-Stage Railway Switching Yard, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patent #6,516,727, filed July 31, 2001.

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Kraft, E. R. (2001) It's the Process, Not the People, TRAINS Magazine, letter to editor, June 2001. Original Unabridged Version

Kraft, E. R. and Smith, M. E. (2001) Lipstick on a Pig? Railway Age, September, 2001. See also Kraft (1983), above.

Kraft, E. R. (2001) Scheduling railway freight delivery appointments using a bid price approach, Transportation Research A 36 (2) 145-165. TRIS Abstract

Kraft, E. R. (2002) Priority-Based Classification for Improving Connection Reliability in Railroad Yards -- Part I: Integration with Car Scheduling, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum 56 (1) 93-105; and Part II: Dynamic Block to Track Assignment, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum 56 (1) 107-119, published jointly with Transportation Quarterly, Winter 2002 edition 56 (1). TRIS Abstract Part I, TRIS Abstract Part II.

Kraft, E. R. (2002) The Yard: Railroading's Hidden Half -- Part I, TRAINS Magazine, June 2002, 46-67; Part II, July 2002, 36-47. Bibliography On-Line, List of Active Hump Yards

Kraft, E. R. (2002) Adding flexibility to the scheduled railroad, Railway Age, July 2002.

Kraft, E. R. (2002) Amtrak Numbers Racket: What Amtrak trains REALLY cost, TRAINS Magazine, October 2002, 30-35.

Kraft, E. R. (2004) Dealing with Disruptions, Railway Age, September 2004.

Kraft, E. R. (2005) Network Intermodal Battles Trucks, TRAINS Magazine, January 2005, 28-37. TRIS Abstract.

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