System and method for continuous welded rail risk modeling

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11801879
APP PUB NO 20230082722A1
SERIAL NO

18055094

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A system for modeling risk of rail buckling in railroad infrastructure is presented. The system can receive a myriad of data related to railroad tracks and/or railroad operations, and weight the data using specially-designed weighting factors that can be unique to each data type. The weighted data can be transformed via specialized algorithms to generate location scores reflective of a risk isolated to a particular area. The system can further utilize additional specialized algorithms to elucidate how such isolated risk can be extrapolated from one location to another. The system can implement a multilayer approach, formulating one or more layers of risk models and aggregating such models into an overarching risk model that can more-accurately forecast risk of rail buckling in a railroad track.

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  • BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pickard, Christopher Neil Argyle, US 9 9
Schram, Michael L Newman Lake, US 3 1
Williams, Kyle Keilty Fort Worth, US 5 2

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