International Journal of Rail Transportation • Vol 10 • No 1
Prediction of track geometry degradation using artificial neural network: a case study
January 2021 • Hamid Khajehei, Alireza Ahmadi, Iman Soleimanmeigouni, Mohammad Haddadzade, Arne Nissen, Mohammad Javad Latifi Jebelli
The aim of this study has been to predict the track geometry degradation rate using artificial neural network. Tack geometry measurements, asset information, and maintenance history for five line sections from the Swedish railway network were collected, processed, and prepared to develop the ANN model. The information of track was taken into account and different features of track sections were considered as model input variables. In addition, Garson method was applied to explore the relative importance of the var…