From Data to Insights: Applying Advanced Analytics to Railroad Maintenance Diagnostics and Prognostics
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Vehicle Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2026 | Viewed by 215
Special Issue Editors
Interests: autonomous train operations; automated inspection systems; data analytics and big data in rail transportation; real-time monitoring of wheel–rail contact; wear prediction models
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Interests: smart materials and systems; advanced materials for improving ground vehicle dynamic performance and control; energy harvesting; vehicle system dynamics and control; intelligent suspensions; magneto-rheological fluids; biodynamics; railroad systems; health monitoring systems for railroad application; rail vehicle dynamics; rolling stock dynamics and mechanics analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to organize a Special Issue (SI) for the Machines journal, titled “From Data to Insights: Applying Advanced Analytics to Railroad Maintenance Diagnostics and Prognostics.” This SI aims to highlight the extensive research and development underway to improve railroad safety and efficiency through controlled laboratory studies, field testing, and both online and offline data processing pipelines, all supported by advanced analytical frameworks, including AI and ML, to make sense of increasingly complex and high-volume datasets. We hope you will join us in this effort by submitting your research results to the Special Issue.
Dr. Ahmad Radmehr
Prof. Dr. Mehdi Ahmadian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- railroad
- railway
- track
- maintenance of way
- big data
- analytics
- diagnostics
- prognostics
- AI
- machine learning
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