Albert Steiner

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

www.zhaw.ch/idp

Membership of networks

• NECTAR (Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research)
• ITSS (IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society)
• SVWG (Schweizerische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft)
• GRSS (IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society)
• AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning)
• Accessibility Instruments For Planning Practice In Europe (COST Action TU1002)
• LinkedIn
• Research Gate

Projects

• Kundenorientierung im Traffic Management System / Team member / Project ongoing
• Potentialanalyse Verkehrsreduktion durch CST City Logistik Konzept / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Decision support für Pandemien / Team member / Project completed
• Epidemiologische Multiskalensimulation zur Analyse der Übertragungsmechanismen in der COVID-19 Pandemie / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Datenmodell für Berechnung der Batteriereichweite / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Nachhaltige Mobilität School of Engineering der ZHAW / Project leader / Project completed
• Analyse der zeitlichen Entwicklung der räumlichen Erreichbarkeit von regionalen Zentren mit dem öffentlichen Verkehr für die Region Västra Götaland (Schweden) / Project leader / Project completed
• Untersuchung des Potenzials von GIS-basierten Planungsinstrumenten zum Vergleich der Erreichbarkeit von Aktivitätsstandorten und lokalen soziodemografischen Faktoren / Project leader / Project completed
• Entwicklung und Implementierung von Methoden zur räumlichen Erreichbarkeit in der Region Västra Götaland (Schweden) / Project leader / Project completed
• SBB-Forschungsfonds 'Automatisierte Fahrplanplanung' / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Flugnetzwerk-Simulation bei Swiss International Air Lines / Team member / Project completed
• cleverpendeln / Team member / Project completed
• Rail Transport Service Environment (RTSE II) / Team member / Project completed
• Kooperationsplattform für die urbane Güterlogistik / Team member / Project completed
• Placebook – An Innovative Parking Space Spot Market / Team member / Project completed
• Entwicklung eines einheitlichen Ansatzes zur Lagersteuerung und Lagerkontrolle für Unit Load Devices (ULD) im internationalen Flugverkehr / Team member / Project completed
• Verkehrsreduzierte City-Logistik durch optimale Sendungsbündelung auf der ersten/ letzten Meile / Team member / Project completed
• Entwicklung neuer Verhaltensmodelle zur Simulation von Personenströmen und eines optimierten Ertragskonzepts / Project leader / Project completed
• Innovation im Bahnbetrieb durch die Railtransport-Service Environment (RTSE) / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Larsson, Anders; Elldér, Erik; Vafeiadis, Evangelos; Curtis, Carey; Steiner, Albert,

  2022.

  Exploring the potential for sustainable accessibility across settlement types : a Swedish case.

  Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.

  107(103297).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103297

• Erland, Sveinung; Kaupužs, Jevgenijs; Steiner, Albert; Bachmat, Eitan,

  2021.

  Lorentzian geometry and variability reduction in airplane boarding : slow passengers first outperforms random boarding.

  Physical Review E.

  103(6), pp. 062310.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.062310

• Wüst, Raimond Matthias; Bütikofer, Stephan; Ess, Severin; Gomez, Claudio; Steiner, Albert; Laumanns, Marco; Szabo, Jacint; et al.,

  2019.

  Maintenance timetable planning based on mesoscopic infrastructure and the transport service intention.

  Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management.

  11, pp. 100146.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrtpm.2019.100146

• Steiner, Albert; Sick, Beate,

  2008.

  A new method for travel time estimation on long freeway sections.

  European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research.

  8(4), pp. 333-354.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4908

• Larsson, Anders; Elldér, Erik; Vafeiadis, Evangelos; Curtis, Carey; Steiner, Albert,

  2021.

  A multi-modal, multi-activity, multi-scalar analysis for sustainable accessibility planning [paper].

  In:

  World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research 2021, online, 9-11 August 2021.

• Wüst, Raimond; Bütikofer, Stephan; Ess, Severin; Gomez, Claudio; Steiner, Albert; Laumanns, Marco; Szabo, Jacint,

  2019.

  Improvement of maintenance timetable stability based on iteratively assigning event flexibility in FPESP [paper].

  In:

  Peterson, Anders; Joborn, Martin; Bohlin, Markus, eds.,

  RailNorrköping 2019.

  8th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis, Norrköping, Sweden, 17-20 June 2019.

  Linköping:

  Linköping University Electronic Press.

  pp. 1160-1177.

  Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings ; 69.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18282

• Wüst, Raimond; Bütikofer, Stephan; Ess, Severin; Gomez, Claudio; Steiner, Albert; Laumanns, Marco; Szabo, Jacint,

  2019.

  Periodic timetabling with ‘Track Choice’-PESP based on given line concepts and mesoscopic infrastructure [paper].

  In:

  Operations Research Proceedings 2018.

  OR2018, Operations Research Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 12-14 September 2018.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 571-578.

  Operations Research Proceedings.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18500-8_71

• Steiner, Albert,

  2019.

  A three-step floating catchment area method to quantify the spatial accessibility of healthcare facilities for citizens [paper].

  In:

  15th biennal NECTAR Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 5-7 June 2019.

• Bütikofer, Stephan; Steiner, Albert,

  2016.

  Extension and application of a general pickup and delivery model for evaluating the impact of bundling goods in an urban environment [paper].

  In:

  Operations Research Proceedings 2014.

  Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), Aachen, Germany, 2-5 September 2014.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 83-89.

  Operations Research Proceedings.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28697-6_13

• Steiner, Albert; Leonhardt, Axel,

  2014.

  Speed and lane dependent net time headway distributions on freeways : comparing empirical and simulated data [paper].

  In:

  TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers.

  93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, USA, 12-16 January 2014.

  Washington:

  Transportation Research Board.

  pp. 1-17.

• Wüst, Raimond; Steiner, Albert; Looser, Jonas; Seybold, Bernhard; Laumanns, Marco; Dunkel, Juliane; Hürlimann, Daniel; Roos, Samuel,

  2013.

  RTSE, a multi-component closed-loop control framework for railway networks [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems 2013.

  3rd International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Dresden, Germany, 2-4 December 2013.

  Dresden:

  TUDpress.

  pp. 367-375.

  Verkehrstelematik ; 3.

• Wüst, Raimond Matthias; Steiner, Albert,

  2012.

  A multi-component closed-loop control framework for rail traffic networks [paper].

  In:

  12th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 2-4 May 2012.

  Available from: http://www.strc.ch/2012/Wuest_Steiner.pdf

• Leonhardt, Axel; Steiner, Albert,

  2012.

  Instance based learning for estimating and predicting traffic state variables using spatio-temporal traffic patterns [paper].

  In:

  TRB 91rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers.

  91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, USA, 22-26 January 2012.

  Washington:

  Transportation Research Board.

• Steiner, Albert; Leonhardt, Axel,

  2011.

  Map-generation algorithm using low-frequency vehicle position data [paper].

  In:

  TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers.

  90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, USA, 23-27 January 2011.

  Washington:

  Transportation Research Board.

  pp. 1-17.

• Steiner, Albert; Scherrer, Maike,

  2021.

  Die Zukunft der Mobilität gemeinsam gestalten.

  Mobility Impacts.

  2021(2), pp. 40-41.

• Wüst, Raimond; Gomez, Claudio; Ess, Severin; Steiner, Albert; Bütikofer, Stephan,

  2018.

  Development of a prototype for the automated generation of timetable scenarios specified by the transport service intention.

  St. Gallen:

  SBB Forschungsfonds HSG.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18564

• Schmelzer, Helene; Hollenstein, Lukas; Bütikofer, Stephan; Steiner, Albert; Wüst, Raimond Matthias; Zuberbühler, Ivo,

  2017.

  Kooperationsplattform für die urbane Güterlogistik : Schlussbericht.

• Wüst, Raimond Matthias; Steiner, Albert; Gomez, Claudio,

  2017.

  Kundenfreundliche und robuste Ersatzfahrpläne während Bau- und Unterhaltsintervallen.

  Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau.

  2017(10), pp. 57-61.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4791

• Leber, Micha; Philipp, Roman; Thaler, Markus; Steiner, Albert,

  2012.

  Die Wege der Menschen sind nicht unergründlich.

  Technische Rundschau.

  2012(2), pp. 12-15.

• Steiner, Albert; Breu, Robin; Bruderer, Patrick; Renold, Manuel,

  2011.

  E-Gates at Zurich Airport.

  International Airport Review.

  15(6), pp. 29.

  Available from: https://www.internationalairportreview.com/article/7470/e-gates-at-zurich-airport/

• Steiner, Albert; Philipp, Michel,

  2009.

  Speeding up the airplane boarding process by using pre-boarding areas [paper].

  In:

  9th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 9-11 September 2009.

• Steiner, Albert,

  2008.

  An improved method for travel time estimation on long freeway sections [paper].

  In:

  Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 15-17 October 2008.

• Steiner, Albert; Sick, Beate,

  2008.

  New methods for travel time estimation on freeway sections.

  MOTION Working Papers Transportation Systems

  ; 1.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-117

• Steiner, Albert; Eigel, Ernst; Wüst, Urs,

  2007.

  Flottenmanagement der Schweizer Luftwaffe - schnelle Reaktion dank intelligenter Planung.

  INTRA.

  2007(1), pp. 46-47.

• Steiner, Albert,

  2006.

  A heuristic method for aircraft maintenance scheduling under various constraints [paper].

  In:

  6th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 15-17 March 2006.

• Meierhofer, Jürg; Steiner, Albert,

  2004.

  Quantitative assessment and capacity planning of business processes in the service sector [paper].

  In:

  Automation and logistics for manufacturing in Switzerland.

  IPLnet 2004 Workshop, Automation and logistics for manufacturing in Switzerland, Murten, 7-8 September 2004.

  Brugg:

  FHNW Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz.

• Meierhofer, Jürg; Heitz, Christoph; Steiner, Albert,

  2004.

  Simulation based case studies for management training in the fields of production and supply chain Management [paper].

  In:

  Automation and logistics for manufacturing in Switzerland.

  IPLnet 2004 Workshop, Automation and logistics for manufacturing in Switzerland, Murten, 7-8 September 2004.

  Brugg:

  FHNW Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1884

• Steiner, Albert; Hosang, Jürg; Meierhofer, Jürg,

  2004.

  Vehicular traffic data analysis and its benefits to prevent traffic congestion [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the IPLnet 2004 Workshop.

  IPLnet 2004 Workshop, Automation and logistics for manufacturing in Switzerland, Murten, 7-8 September 2004.

  IPLnet.

• Barta, Janos; Steiner, Albert; Eigel, Ernst; Wüst, Urs; Hosang, Jürg,

  2003.

  A tool for preventive aircraft maintenance scheduling [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the IPLnet 2003 Workshop.

  IPLnet 2003 Workshop, Institut für Produktions- und Logistiksysteme, Ebnat-Kappel, 9-10 September 2003.

  IPLnet.

• Larsson, Anders; Steiner, Albert,

  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.

  AESOP Annual Congress, Venice, Italy, 9-13 July 2019.

• Wüst, Raimond Matthias; Bütikofer, Stephan; Ess, Severin; Gomez, Claudio; Steiner, Albert; Laumanns, Marco; Szabo, Jacint,

  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.

• Bütikofer, Stephan; Wüst, Raimond Matthias; Steiner, Albert,

  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.

• Wüst, Raimond Matthias; Gomez, Claudio; Ess, Severin; Steiner, Albert; Bütikofer, Stephan; Laumanns, Marco; Szabo, Jazint,

  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 from: https://www.euro-online.org/conf/admin/tmp/program-or2018.pdf

• Steiner, Albert,

  2010.

  Visualizing traffic data with Google Earth : real-time air traffic in 3D.

  In:

  Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 1-3 September 2010.

• Steiner, Albert; Philipp, Michel; Schmid, Alex,

  2007.

  Parameter estimation for a pedestrian simulation model.

  In:

  Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, 12-14 September 2007.

• Sick, Beate; Steiner, Albert,

  2007.

  Travel time estimation for long freeway sections.

  In:

  Swiss Statistics Meeting, Lucerne, 14 -16 November 2007.

  Swiss Statistical Society (SSS).

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