[DMANET] INFORMS Transportation Science - Special Issue: Railway Challenges - CfP (submission deadline Sep 30th, 2027)

Dear researchers, the INFORMS Railway Applications Section (RAS) is composing a special issue of the journal "Transportation Science" dedicated to the topic: "Railway Challenges, Reproducibility, and Computational Breakthroughs" There will be two types of submissions: - Challenge Problem Papers - Solution Method Papers The scope and topics are wide and include: - Network Planning and Operations - Real-Time Operations and Control - Yard and Terminal Operations - Data-Driven and Predictive Analytics - Integrated, Multimodal, and Sustainability Problems The guest editorial team consists of: - Xuesong (Simon) Zhou, Arizona State University (Lead) - Christian Liebchen, Technische Hochschule Wildau - Nikola Bešinović, Technical University of Dresden - Shuai Su, Beijing Jiaotong University - Marcella Samà, Roma Tre University - Niels Lindner, Zuse Institute Berlin - Yili (Kelly) Tang, University of Western Ontario The submission deadline is Sep 30th, 2027. For motivation, requirements, evaluation criteria, and further details, please refer to https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/trsc/calls-for-papers We are curious about your challenging data sets, innovative algorithmic ideas, and are looking very much forward to your submissions next summer! Best regards Christian (for the guest editorial team) -- Prof. Dr. Christian Liebchen Technische Hochschule Wildau Fachbereich Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften Studiengangssprecher Verkehrssystemtechnik Verkehrsbetriebsführung Hochschulring 1 15745 Wildau Telefon: +49 3375 508 755 Web: http://www.th-wildau.de/vst Büro: https://icampus.th-wildau.de/map/?q=liebchen ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************