DECISION-MAKING PROBLEM OF A TRAIN DISPATCHER IN PROVIDING TRAIN HANDLING AFTER INTERRUPTION
The paper analyzes the criteria for evaluating the train schedule and the reasons for leaving trains without movement, and identifies problems that arise in the event of a non-standard situation at the dispatcher's site when the train dispatcher chooses the order for passing trains at a particular time, which would provide an optimal train schedule. It is determined that the set of conditions limiting the range of acceptable solutions to the problem will have a critical influence on the choice of the optimal solution. Retrospective statistics on "abandoned" trains to the ports of the Far East were taken as a basis for the analysis. Particular attention is paid to the consideration of theoretical studies of domestic transport scientists, dedicated to the problem of organizing train traffic with the development of proposals for increasing the throughput capacity of tracks and sections with a minimum recovery time during repair and construction work.