Artificial Intelligence in Railway Infrastructure: Current Research, Challenges, and Future Opportunities

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W. Phusakulkajorn, A. Núñez, H. Wang, A. Jamshidi, A. Zoeteman, B. Ripke, R. Dollevoet, B. De Schutter, and Z. Li, "Artificial intelligence in railway infrastructure: Current research, challenges, and future opportunities," Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure, vol. 2, 2023. Paper liad016.

Abstract

The railway industry has the potential to strongly contribute to achieving various sustainable development goals by expanding its role in the transportation system of different countries. To realize that, complex technological and societal challenges are to be addressed, along with the development of suitable state-of-the-art methodologies fully tailored to the particular needs of the wide variety of railway infrastructure types and conditions. Artificial intelligence (AI) methods have been increasingly and successfully applied to solve practical problems in the railway infrastructure domain for over two decades. This paper proposes a review of the development of AI methods in railway infrastructure. First, we present a survey limited to selected journal papers published between 2010-2022. Bibliographical statistics are obtained, showing the increasing number of contributions in this field. Then, we select key AI methodologies and discuss their applications in the railway infrastructure. Next, AI methods for key railway components are analyzed. Finally, current challenges and future opportunities are discussed.

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@article{PhuNun:23-028,
   author  = {Phusakulkajorn, Wassamon and N{\'{u}}{\~{n}}ez, Alfredo and Wang,
              Hongrui and Jamshidi, Ali and Zoeteman, Arjen and Ripke, Burchard
              and Dollevoet, Rolf and De Schutter, Bart and Li, Zili},
   title   = {Artificial Intelligence in Railway Infrastructure: Current
              Research, Challenges, and Future Opportunities},
   journal = {Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure},
   volume  = {2},
   year    = {2023},
   note    = {Paper liad016}
   }

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