In mid-May, Prof. Dick travelled to Fort Worth TX to attend the 2023 INFORMS Freight Rail Planning & Operations Conference hosted by BNSF Railway. Prof. Dick was part of the INFORMS Railway Applications Section committee that planned the event, and delivered a presentation entitled “Modeling the Network Effects of Yard Congestion and Disruptions”.
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