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Considering the limitations of the disassembly and assembly capacity of marshalling stations, the limitation of the transfer operation capacity between marshalling stations, the connection time limit of inbound and outbound trains, and the limitation of trains with different full workloads, we constructed a multi-marshalling station railcar flow assignment optimization model. Furthermore, for comparison, we built a model that only satisfied the train equivalent length limitation and a model that only satisfied the train hauling weight limitation. Finally, we designed experimental scenarios and conducted comparative analyses of the proposed model and a model that considered only a single full workload limitation. The results show that the railcar flow assignment scheme that considers different full workload limitations shortens the dwell time of railcar flow at the station, reduces the number of undispatched outbound trains within the time range of the stage plan, and effectively improves the terminal operation efficiency within the stage plan. Thus, the proposed scheme can achieve an effective railcar flow assignment within a multi-marshalling station railroad terminal while minimizing the dwell time.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/systems12120514","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,22]],"date-time":"2024-11-22T04:21:36Z","timestamp":1732249296000},"page":"514","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Dynamic Railcar Flow Assignment of Railway Terminal with Multiple Marshalling Stations"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3542-4455","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaoqian","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China"}]},{"given":"Bing","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China"}]},{"given":"Zeqiang","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China"}]},{"given":"Ziao","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"China Youth Network (2024, July 01). 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