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NEWS 23-08-2021
SISCOG awarded the 2021 COTEC Innovative Statute
This innovation rating is an initiative by COTEC Portugal, in partnership with financial institutions, to distinguish Portuguese companies that are highly innovative performers. The COTEC Innovative Statute / Estatuto Inovadora COTEC certifies companies’ high financial strength, innovation skills an… -
NEWS 26-05-2021
SISCOG receives ISO 27001 certification
Information Security Management added to the company’s certifications portfolio that includes Quality, Research, Development and Innovation, and Environment.
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EVENT 12-03-2021
Machine learning applications in transportation
SISCOG invited to share how it has contributed to the revolution of operational transport planning and how it is applying machine learning in this and other fields. On March 15th, students from the Master in Artificial Intelligence Engineering of ISEP - Institute of Engineering of Porto will learn…
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NEWS 09-11-2020
SISCOG at the Virtual ITS European Congress
The Virtual ITS European Congress, starting today and until the 10th November 2020, will include a presentation by SISCOG. Under the theme 'The Mobility R-evolution: the resilient, new, green, vision in ITS', SISCOG’s presentation “Optimising periodic timetables with machine learning combined with…
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Paper
Optimising timetables with Machine Learning
SISCOG has just published a scientific paper addressing the optimisation of public transport timetables with respect to passenger’s total travel times, combining several techniques that have never been applied in the field, including reinforcement learning. The approach applied to real-world data pe… -
CASE STUDY
VIA RAIL Canada saves millions in optimised operation
SISCOG has released a case study that highlights the financial and management advantages of the decision-support and optimisation system used by the Canadian operator VIA RAIL. One of the benefits was a 10M CAD saving by reducing the need for one train set, while increasing overall passenger seat av… -
PAPER 08-04-2020
Rescheduling in emergency scenarios
Unexpected events bring different levels of disruptions to our lives and to businesses. Public transport is no exception. And here, the impact may be multiple – on passengers, staff, revenue, and profit. -
EVENT 14-01-2020
Converting Maths into National Exports: the SISCOG's case study
How SISCOG has been able to convert the use of Math techniques into software products that represent almost 100% of its international sales will be the theme of a presentation made at the Winter School Mathmasters, at the NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT NOVA), on January 15th.
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Article
CREWS helps the Dutch Railways cope with extreme weather
SISCOG's CREWS-based system, an advanced tool that includes Operations Research, helps to reschedule the Dutch Railways' (NS) crew and cope with extreme weather conditions. In an article from Impact Magazine, Pieter-Jan Fioole, Senior Research Leader, and Dennis Huisman, Expertise Manager Logisti…
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Paper
The challenge of scheduling a safe arrival of trains
This challenge is addressed in the paper “The train frequency compatibility problem” co-authored by SISCOG. In the rail transport area, line planning is the widely studied problem of designing line plans for a public transportation system that meet given passenger demands. After the line planning p…