Albert Steiner

ZHAW School of Engineering
IDS Institute for Data Science
Technikumstrasse 81
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 78 01
albert.steiner@zhaw.ch

Network

Membership of networks

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1419-0610

Projects

ZHAW Commuting 2024 / Team member / ongoing
Smart UMH: Smart urban multihub concept: Sustainable and liveable cities with low logistics visibility / Deputy project leader / ongoing
Sustainable commuting at ZHAW / Team member / completed
Customer orientation in the Traffic Management System / Team member / completed
Decision support for pandemics / Team member / completed
Analysis of the temporal development of the spatial accessibility of regional centres by public transport for the region of Västra Götaland (Sweden) / Project leader / completed
Investigation of the potential of GIS-based planning tools to compare accessibility of activity locations and local socio-demographic factors / Project leader / completed
Development and implementation of spatial accessibility methods in the Västra Götaland region (Sweden) / Project leader / completed
SBB-Research Funds 'Automated Timetable Planning' / Co-project leader / completed
Flight Network Simulation at Swiss International Air Lines / Team member / completed
cleverpendeln / Team member / completed
Rail Transport Service Environment / Team member / completed
Cooperational platform for urban logictis: An economically and ecologically efficient business model for the city of Zürich and other agglomerations / Team member / completed
Development of a consistent approach for stock planning and allocation of Unit Load Devices (ULD) in international air transportation. / Team member / completed
Developing new behavioural models for simulating pedestrian flows and an optimized revenue concept / Project leader / completed
Innovation in train service operation based on Railtransport-Service Environment / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Papilloud, T. et al. (2024) 'Road network disruptions during extreme flooding events and their impact on the access to emergency medical services : a spatiotemporal vulnerability analysis', Science of The Total Environment, 956(177140). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177140.
Erland, S., Bachmat, E. and Steiner, A. (2024) 'Let the fast passengers wait : boarding an airplane takes shorter time when passengers with the most bin luggage enter first', European Journal of Operational Research, 317(3), pp. 748–761. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2022.12.027.
Larsson, A. et al. (2022) 'Exploring the potential for sustainable accessibility across settlement types : a Swedish case', Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 107(103297). doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2022.103297.
Erland, S. et al. (2021) 'Lorentzian geometry and variability reduction in airplane boarding : slow passengers first outperforms random boarding', Physical Review E, 103(6), p. 062310. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.103.062310.
Wüst, R. M. et al. (2019) 'Maintenance timetable planning based on mesoscopic infrastructure and the transport service intention', Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, 11, p. 100146. doi: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2019.100146.
Steiner, A. and Sick, B. (2008) 'A new method for travel time estimation on long freeway sections', European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 8(4), pp. 333–354. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4908.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Scherrer, M., Steiner, A. and Rühlin, V. (2023) 'Greening urban logistics : introducing a method to evaluate optimised decoupling hub locations', in Transportation Research Procedia. Elsevier, pp. 572–579. doi: 10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.441.
Steiner, A. et al. (2023) 'The effect of coopetition on driving distance in logistics in urban areas', in 5th VREF Conference on Urban Freight, Gotenburg, Sweden, 18-20 October 2023.
Füchslin, R. M. et al. (2023) 'Ethical aspects of computational modelling in science, decision support and communication', in Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-23929-8_24.
Scherrer, M., Steiner, A. and Rühlin, V. (2022) 'Decoupling hubs for sustainable urban logistics : introducing a method to define optimal locations', in 6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management (P&OM), online, 23-25 August 2022.
Bütikofer, S. et al. (2022) 'Efficient timetable stability analysis using a graph contraction procedure', in Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance, Montpellier, France, 22-25 August 2022. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-27165.
Larsson, A. et al. (2021) 'A multi-modal, multi-activity, multi-scalar analysis for sustainable accessibility planning', in World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research 2021, online, 9-11 August 2021.
Bütikofer, S., Steiner, A. and Wüst, R. (2020) 'Periodic timetabling with flexibility based on a mesoscopic topology', in Operations Research Proceedings 2019. Cham: Springer, pp. 789–795. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-48439-2_96.
Wüst, R. et al. (2019) 'Improvement of maintenance timetable stability based on iteratively assigning event flexibility in FPESP', in Peterson, A., Joborn, M., and Bohlin, M. (eds) RailNorrköping 2019. Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, pp. 1140–1157. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-18282.
Wüst, R. et al. (2019) 'Periodic timetabling with 'Track Choice'-PESP based on given line concepts and mesoscopic infrastructure', in Operations Research Proceedings 2018. Cham: Springer, pp. 571–578. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-18500-8_71.
Steiner, A. (2019) 'A three-step floating catchment area method to quantify the spatial accessibility of healthcare facilities for citizens', in 15th biennal NECTAR Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 5-7 June 2019.
Bütikofer, S. and Steiner, A. (2016) 'Extension and application of a general pickup and delivery model for evaluating the impact of bundling goods in an urban environment', in Operations Research Proceedings 2014. Cham: Springer, pp. 83–89. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28697-6_13.
Steiner, A. and Leonhardt, A. (2014) 'Speed and lane dependent net time headway distributions on freeways : comparing empirical and simulated data', in TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers. Washington: Transportation Research Board, pp. 1–17.
Wüst, R. et al. (2013) 'RTSE, a multi-component closed-loop control framework for railway networks', in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems 2013. Dresden: TUDpress, pp. 367–375.
Wüst, R. M. and Steiner, A. (2012) 'A multi-component closed-loop control framework for rail traffic networks', in 12th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 2-4 May 2012. Available at: http://www.strc.ch/2012/Wuest_Steiner.pdf.
Leonhardt, A. and Steiner, A. (2012) 'Instance based learning for estimating and predicting traffic state variables using spatio-temporal traffic patterns', in TRB 91rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers. Washington: Transportation Research Board.
Steiner, A. and Leonhardt, A. (2011) 'Map-generation algorithm using low-frequency vehicle position data', in TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers. Washington: Transportation Research Board, pp. 1–17.

Other publications

Bütikofer, S. et al. (2023) 'Steigerung der ÖV-Attraktivität durch Optimierung der Anschlusse von Bus zu Bahn', ETR – Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau, 2023(11), pp. 74–77.
Steiner, A. and Scherrer, M. (2021) 'Die Zukunft der Mobilität gemeinsam gestalten', Mobility Impacts, 2021(2), pp. 40–41.
Wüst, R. et al. (2018) Development of a prototype for the automated generation of timetable scenarios specified by the transport service intention. St. Gallen: SBB Forschungsfonds HSG. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-18564.
Schmelzer, H. et al. (2017) Kooperationsplattform für die urbane Güterlogistik : Schlussbericht.
Wüst, R. M., Steiner, A. and Gomez, C. (2017) 'Kundenfreundliche und robuste Ersatzfahrpläne während Bau- und Unterhaltsintervallen', ETR – Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau, 2017(10), pp. 57–61. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4791.
Leber, M. et al. (2012) 'Die Wege der Menschen sind nicht unergründlich', Technische Rundschau, 2012(2), pp. 12–15.
Steiner, A. et al. (2011) 'E-Gates at Zurich Airport', International Airport Review, 15(6), p. 29.
Steiner, A. and Philipp, M. (2009) 'Speeding up the airplane boarding process by using pre-boarding areas', in 9th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 9-11 September 2009.
Steiner, A. and Sick, B. (2008) New methods for travel time estimation on freeway sections. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-117.
Steiner, A. (2008) 'An improved method for travel time estimation on long freeway sections', in Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 15-17 October 2008.
Steiner, A., Eigel, E. and Wüst, U. (2007) 'Flottenmanagement der Schweizer Luftwaffe - schnelle Reaktion dank intelligenter Planung', INTRA, 2007(1), pp. 46–47.
Steiner, A. (2006) 'A heuristic method for aircraft maintenance scheduling under various constraints', in 6th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 15-17 March 2006.
Meierhofer, J., Heitz, C. and Steiner, A. (2004) 'Simulation based case studies for management training in the fields of production and supply chain Management', in Automation and logistics for manufacturing in Switzerland. Brugg: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1884.
Meierhofer, J. and Steiner, A. (2004) 'Quantitative assessment and capacity planning of business processes in the service sector', in Automation and logistics for manufacturing in Switzerland. Brugg: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW.
Steiner, A., Hosang, J. and Meierhofer, J. (2004) 'Vehicular traffic data analysis and its benefits to prevent traffic congestion', in Proceedings of the IPLnet 2004 Workshop. IPLnet.
Barta, J. et al. (2003) 'A tool for preventive aircraft maintenance scheduling', in Proceedings of the IPLnet 2003 Workshop. IPLnet.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Bütikofer, S. et al. (2022) 'Efficient timetable stability analysis using a graph contraction procedure', in Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance, Montpellier, France, 22-25 August 2022.
Larsson, A. and Steiner, A. (2019) 'Challenges of implementing equity-based accessibility thresholds for different modes of transport : a comparison of Gothenburg and Zurich regions', in AESOP 2019 Conference : Book of Abstracts.
Wüst, R. M. et al. (2019) 'Improvement of maintenance timetable stability based on iteratively assigning event flexibility in FPESP', in 8th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis (ICROMA), Norrköping, Sweden, 17-20 June 2019.
Wüst, R. M. et al. (2018) 'Periodic timetabling with 'Track Choice'-PESP based on given line concepts and mesoscopic infrastructure', in OR2018, Operations Research Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 12-14 September 2018. Available at: https://www.euro-online.org/conf/admin/tmp/program-or2018.pdf.
Bütikofer, S., Wüst, R. M. and Steiner, A. (2018) 'Periodic timetabling with 'Track Choice'-PESP based on given line concepts and mesoscopic infrastructure', in EULOG 2018: Entscheidungsunterstützung in der Logistik, Linz, Österreich, 4.-5. Oktober 2018.
Steiner, A. (2010) 'Visualizing traffic data with Google Earth : real-time air traffic in 3D', in Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 1-3 September 2010.
Sick, B. and Steiner, A. (2007) 'Travel time estimation for long freeway sections', in Swiss Statistics Meeting, Lucerne, 14 -16 November 2007. Swiss Statistical Society (SSS).
Steiner, A., Philipp, M. and Schmid, A. (2007) 'Parameter estimation for a pedestrian simulation model', in Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 12-14 September 2007.

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