Publications

2023

Nießen, Nils, Weik, Norman: Infrastrukturmodellierung, in: Nießen, Nils; Oetting, Andreas, et al. (eds.): Planungs- und Betriebsmanagement für das System Bahn, BFV Bahn Fachverlag, 1st edition (2023)

Geischberger, Jakob; Isberner, Alessa; Weik, Norman: Optimizing rollout strategies for migration to moving block signaling – a MINLP-based approach for on-board train integrity monitoring technology. Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, 2023

Mönsters, Michael; Geischberger, Jakob; Ritzer, Philip; Weik, Norman; Meirich, Christian; Skorsetz, Sebastian; Kache, Martin; Kebdani, Zaki: Potenziale einer Multikuppelbarkeit im Schienenpersonennahverkehr. EI - Der Eisenbahningenieur, 74 (6), pp. 34-38 (2023), https://elib.dlr.de/187921/

Geischberger, Jakob; Isberner, Alessa; Weik, Norman: Optimizing rollout strategies for migration to moving block signaling – a MINLP-based approach for on-board train integrity monitoring technology, in Proceedings 10th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis (RailBelgrade2023), Belgrade, 25.-28.04.2023 (2023)

2022

Flamm, Leander; Mönsters, Michael; Weik, Norman: Increasing Capacity and Reducing Travel Times in High-speed Train Operations through Virtual Coupling", in J. Pombo, (Editor), Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance, Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, Online volume: CCC 1, Paper 13.3 (2022), DOI: 10.4203/ccc.1.13.3

Geischberger, Jakob, Weik, Norman: Combining operative train simulation with logistics simulation in SUMO”, in Proceedings SUMO User Conference 2022, pp. 145-157 (2022), DOI: https://doi.org/10.52825/scp.v3i.112

Weik, Norman: Macroscopic traffic flow in railway systems - A discussion of the applicability of fundamental diagrams Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, 23, 100330 (2022), DOI: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2022.100330

Narezo Guzman, Daniela; Heusel, Judith; Weik, Norman; Reetz, Susanne; Buursma, Douwe; van den Berg, Arnout; Schrijver, Gerrit; Neumann, Thorsten; van den Broek, Serge; Groos, Jörn Christoffer: Towards the automation of anomaly detection and integrated fault identification for railway switches in a real operational environment, in Proceedings World Congress on Railway Research Birmingham, UK, 06.-10.06.2022 (2022)

Narezo Guzman, D., Heusel, J., Weik, N. und Buursma, D.: Entwicklung und Validierung von Anomaliedetektionsverfahren für Weichen, EI - Der Eisenbahningenieur 08/2022, pp. 18-22 (2022)

Morast, A., Nießen, N., Weik, N., Meirich, C., Jäger, B.: Leistungsfähigkeit hochautomatisierter schienenbasierter ÖPNV-Systeme, Deine Bahn 06/2022, pp. 22-26 (2022)

Ritzer, P., Mönsters, M., Flamm, L., Weik, N.: Demand Responsive Transport im Schienenverkehr - Eine Analyse des Systemdesigns, ETR - Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau, 71 (6), pp. 35-39 (2022)

Weik, Norman; Volk, Matthias; Katoen, Joost-Pieter; Nießen, Nils: DFT Modeling Approach for Operational Risk Assessment of Railway Infrastructure”, International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer 24 (3), FMICS 2019/2020 Special Issue, pp. 331-350 (2022), DOI: 10.1007/s10009-022-00652-4

2021

Weik, N., Ehrenfried, K.: “Gekoppelte aerodynamische und fahrdynamische Simulation zur Optimierung von Tunnelfahrten”, in: Proceedings 3rd International Railway Symposium Aachen (IRSA), Aachen, 21.-23.11.2021 (2021), DOI: 10.18154/RWTH-2022-01705

Weik, Norman: Macroscopic Traffic Flow in Railway Systems - A Discussion of the Applicability of Fundamental Diagrams, in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Railway Operations Modeling and Analysis (RailBeijing 2021), Beijing, China, 03.-07.11.2021 (2021)

Johansson, Ingrid; Weik, Norman: Strategic assessment of railway station capacity - Further development of a UIC 406-based approach considering timetable uncertainty, in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Railway Operations Modeling and Analysis (RailBeijing 2021), Beijing, China, 03.-07.11.2021 (2021)

Weik, Norman: Modellierung von Störungen in der Eisenbahnbetriebswissenschaft – Stand der Technik und aktuelle Entwicklungen“, Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau (ETR) 70 (11), pp. 16-20 (2021).

2020

Weik, Norman: Integrierte Modellierung von Leistungsfähigkeit und Infrastrukturverfügbarkeit, Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau (ETR) 69 (12), pp.28-31 (2020).

Weik, N., Hemminki, E., Nießen, N.: “The Effective Residual Capacity in Railway Networks with Predefined Train Services”, in: Neufeld, J.S., Buscher, U., Lasch, R., Möst, D., Schönberger, J. (eds): “Operations Research Proceedings 2019”, pp.725-731, Springer (2020), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48439-2_88

Weik, N., Nießen, N.: “Quantifying the effects of running time variability on the capacity of rail corridors”, Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management 15, 100203 (2020), DOI: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2020.100203

Weik, N., Warg, J., Johansson, I., Bohlin, M., Nießen, N.: “Extending UIC 406-based capacity analysis – New approaches for railway nodes and network effects”, Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management 15, 100199 (2020), DOI: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2020.100199

Weik, Norman: Long-Term Capacity Planning of Railway Infrastructure – A Stochastic Approach Capturing Infrastructure Unavailability, PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University (2020), DOI: 10.18154/RWTH-2020-06771

2019

Schmidt, M., Weik, N., Zieger, S., Schmeink, A., Nießen, N.: “A generalized stochastic Petri Net model for performance analysis of track-side infrastructure of railway station areas”, in: Proc. 2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC), Auckland, New Zealand, 27.-30.10.2019, pp. 2732-3737 (2019), DOI: 10.1109/ITSC.2019.8917459

Volk, M., Weik, N., Katoen, J.P., Nießen, N.: “A DFT Modeling Approach for Infrastructure Reliability Analysis of Railway Station Areas”, in: Proc. International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems (FMICS), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 30.-31.08.2019, LNCS vol. 11687, pp. 40-58 (2019), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-27008-7_3

Weik, N., Nießen, N.: „Quantifying the effects of variability on the capacity of rail corridors”, accepted for publication in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Railway Operations Modeling and Analysis (RailNorrköping 2019), Norrköping, Sweden, 17.-20.06.2019 (2019).

Weik, N., Warg, J., Johansson, I., Nießen, N., Bohlin, M.: „Extending UIC 406-based capacity analysis – New approaches for railway nodes and network effects”, accepted for publication in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Railway Operations Modeling and Analysis (RailNorrköping 2019), Norrköping, Sweden, 17.-20.06.2019 (2019).

2018

Weik, N., Nießen, N.: „Performability Analysis of Railway Systems", in Proc. of the 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation (ICIRT), 12.-14.12.2018, Singapore (2018), DOI: 10.1109/ICIRT.2018.8641589

Zieger, S., Weik, N., Nießen, N.: „The influence of buffer time distributions in delay propagation modelling of railway networks”, Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management 8 (3-4), pp. 220-232 (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2018.09.001

Zieger, S., Weik, N., Nießen, N.: „The impact of buffer time distributions on the nominal capacity of railway lines”, in: Proc. of the 16th International Conference on Railway Engineering, Design and Operation   (COMPRAIL2018), Lisbon, Portugal, 02.-04.07.2018 (2018), DOI: 10.2495/CR180281

Weik, N.; Zieger, S.; Nießen, N.: “Traffic management heuristics for bidirectional segments on double-track railway lines”, in: Kliewer, N.; Ehmke, J.; Borndörfer, R. (eds.) “Operations Research Proceedings 2017", pp. 729-735, Springer (2018), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89920-6_97

Zieger, S.; Weik, N.; Nießen, N.: „Der Einfluss von Pufferzeitverteilungen im Fahrplan auf die analytische Bestimmung der Folgeverspätungen im Eisenbahnwesen“ (in German), in: Proceedings 26. Verkehrswissenschaftliche Tage, Dresden (2018)

2017

Zieger, S.; Weik, N.; Nießen, N.: „The influence of buffer time distributions on delay propagation in railway networks”, in: Proceedings 1st International Railway Symposium Aachen (IRSA), Session 2.1 (2017), DOI: 10.18154/RWTH-2018-222704.

Weik, N.; Nießen, N.: „A quasi-birth-and-death process approach for integrated capacity and reliability modeling of railway systems", Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, 7 (3), pp. 114-126 (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2017.06.001.

Weik, N.; Nießen, N.: „A quasi-birth-and-death process approach for integrated capacity and reliability modeling of railway systems with fallible infrastructure components", in: Proceedings 7th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis (RailLille2017), pp. 1591-1611 (2017).

Schmitz, C.; Weik, N.; Zieger, S; Nießen, N.; Schmeink, A.: „Markov Models for the Performance Analysis of Railway Networks", in: Proceedings 7th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis (RailLille2017), pp. 1568-1590 (2017).

2016

Weik, N.; Niebel, N.; Nießen, N.: „Capacity analysis of railway lines in Germany – A rigorous discussion of the queueing based approach", Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, 6 (2), pp. 99-115 (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2016.06.001.

Weik, N.; Schindler, J.; Bera, S.; Solomon, G. C.; Evers, F.: „Graphene with vacancies: Supernumerary zero modes", Phys. Rev. B 94 (6), 064204 (2016), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.064204.

Schüttert, A.; Weik, N.: „Fahrplanerstellung im Eisenbahnwesen“, Ingenieurspiegel, Ausgabe 2 (2016).

2014

Häfner, V.; Schindler, J.; Weik, N.; Mayer, T.; Balakrishnan, S.; Narayanan, R.; Bera, S.; Evers, F.: „Density of States in Graphene with Vacancies: Midgap Power Law and Frozen Multifractality", Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 (18), 186802 (2014), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.186802.