This page lists my publications. For the full list, see my Google Scholar profile.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  • Ait-Ali, A., Hossein-Nia, S., Odolinski, K., Torstensson, P., Stichel, S. (2025). Simulation-based evaluation of maintenance strategies using look-up tables. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, vol. 239, no. 9, pp. 804-816, 2025. DOI: 10.1177/09544097251360450 Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Odolinski, K., Pålsson, B., Torstensson, P. (2024). Evaluating the mix of maintenance activities on railway crossings with respect to life-cycle costs. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 1-29, 2024. DOI: 10.59490/ejtir.2024.24.1.6885 Record

  • H-Nia, S., Krishna, V. V., Odolinski, K., Torstensson, P., Ait-Ali, A., Sundholm, L., Larsson Kråik, P.-O., Stichel, S. (2023). Simulation-based evaluation of maintenance strategies from a life cycle cost perspective. Wear, vol. 532-533, pp. 205120, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2023.205120 Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Eliasson, J. (2022). European railway deregulation: an overview of market organization and capacity allocation. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 594-618, 2022. DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2021.1885521 Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Eliasson, J. (2022). The value of additional data for public transport origin-destination matrix estimation. Public Transport, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 419-439, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s12469-021-00282-0 Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Eliasson, J., Warg, J. (2022). Are commuter train timetables consistent with passengers’ valuations of waiting times and in-vehicle crowding? Transport Policy, vol. 116, pp. 188-198, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.11.025 Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Lidén, T. (2022). Minimal utilization rate for railway maintenance windows: a cost-benefit approach. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 108-131, 2022. DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2022.22.2.6130 Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Warg, J., Eliasson, J. (2020). Pricing commercial train path requests based on societal costs. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, vol. 132, pp. 452-464, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2019.12.005 Preprint Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Lindberg, P. O., Eliasson, J., Nilsson, J.-E., Peterson, A. (2020). A disaggregate bundle method for train timetabling problems. Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, vol. 16, pp. 100200, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2020.100200 Preprint Record

Papers in conference proceedings

  • Ait-Ali, A., Ranjbar, Z., Joborn, M. (2026). Integrating demand data with train delay models: A socio-economic evaluation for maintenance planning. In Transportation Research Procedia, vol. 95, pp. 177-184. DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2026.02.023 Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Peterson, A. (2025). Assessing the effects of traffic information to passengers: a literature review. In Transportation Research Procedia, vol. 82, pp. 24-42. DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2024.12.026 Record

  • Leung, J., Stichel, S., Larsson Kråik, P.-O., Nissen, A., Ait-Ali, A., Odolinski, K., From, E., Torstensson, P. (2025). Resource-efficient maintenance and renewal strategies for railway infrastructure via look-up tables. In 13th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2025), Tokyo, Japan. Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Hossein-Nia, S., Odolinski, K., Torstensson, P., Stichel, S. (2025). Simulation-based evaluation of maintenance strategies using look-up tables. In Transportforum 2025, Linköping, Sweden, pp. 346-347. Record

  • Ait-Ali, A. (2025). En förstudie om resenärspunktlighet i kollektivtrafiken. In Transportforum 2025, Linköping, Sweden, pp. 107-108. Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Ranjbar, Z., Joborn, M. (2025). Passenger delay-based valuation of railway disturbances for maintenance prioritization. In Transportforum 2026, Linköping, Sweden, pp. 160-161. Record

  • Odolinski, K., Ait-Ali, A., Nilsson, J.-E., Lidén, T. (2025). Analyser av riskreducerande metoder i upphandling av järnvägsunderhåll: effekter på åtgärder och tågförseningar. In Transportforum 2026, Linköping, Sweden, pp. 123-124. Record

  • Odolinski, K., Nilsson, J.-E., Ridderstedt, I., Ait-Ali, A., Berry, C., Smith, A. (2025). Bör vi skala upp?: Analyser av stordriftsfördelar inom järnvägsunderhåll. In Transportforum 2026, Linköping, Sweden, pp. 127-128. Record

  • Norberg, K., Torstensson, P., Ait-Ali, A., Odolinski, K., Pålsson, B. (2025). Rälfel i spårväxlars korsningsräler: vad besiktningsanmärkningar lär oss om feltyper, grundorsaker och underhåll för att förebygga trafikstörningar. In Transportforum 2026, Linköping, Sweden, pp. 492-493. Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Odolinski, K., Pålsson, B., Torstensson, P. (2024). Evaluating the mix of maintenance activities on railway crossings with respect to life-cycle costs. In Transportforum 2024, Linköping, Sweden, pp. 405-406. Record

  • Torstensson, P., Hossein-Nia, S., Ait-Ali, A., Odolinski, K., Larsson Kråik, P.-O., Krishna, V., Sundholm, L. (2024). LCC evaluation of rail maintenance strategies using simulations of long-term mechanical degradation. In Transportforum 2024, Linköping, Sweden, pp. 408-409. Record

  • Odolinski, K., Nissen, A., Ait-Ali, A. (2024). Finding a better renewal time and improved contract design for switches and crossings. In Transportforum 2024, Linköping, Sweden, pp. 140-141. Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Kurt, F., Isberner, A., Odolinski, K., Berg, M. (2023). Assessing Innovations in High-Speed Rail Infrastructure. In Socioeconomic Impacts of High-Speed Rail Systems, Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, pp. 217-233. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26340-8_13 Record

  • Hossein-Nia, S., Ait-Ali, A., Odolinski, K., Torstensson, P., Stichel, S. (2023). Simulation-based evaluation of maintenance strategies using look-up tables. In The 28th International Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks (IAVSD), Ottawa, Canada. Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Pålsson, B., Odolinski, K., Torstensson, P. (2022). Evaluation of long-term maintenance of switches & crossings with respect to life-cycle costs and socio-economic impact. In 21st Nordic Seminar on Railway Technology, Tampere, Finland. Record

  • Kurt, F., Isberner, A., Meyer zu Hörste, M., Ernst, J., Ait-Ali, A. (2022). The KPI-Model: an integrated KPI assessment methodology to estimate the impact of different innovations in the railway sector. In Proceedings of the 4th SmartRaCon Scientific Seminar, vol. 39, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, pp. 97-107. Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Lidén, T. (2021). A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Maintenance Windows in Railway Networks. In 23rd Euro Working Group on Transportation Meeting (EWGT 2021), Paris, France.

  • Warg, J., Ait-Ali, A., Eliasson, J. (2019). Assessment of Commuter Train Timetables Including Transfers. In Transportation Research Procedia, vol. 37, pp. 11-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2018.12.160 Record Slides

  • Ait-Ali, A., Broman, E., Eliasson, J., Warg, J. (2019). Assessing the Use of Welfare-Based Track Access Charging for Railway Capacity Allocation. In hEART 2019, 8th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation. PDF Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Warg, J. (2018). Pricing Commercial Train Path Requests Based on Societal Costs. In 21st Euro Working Group on Transportation Meeting (EWGT 2018), Braunschweig, Germany. Slides

  • Ait-Ali, A., Eliasson, J., Warg, J. (2017). Measuring the Socio-economic Benefits of Train Timetables: Application to Commuter Train Services in Stockholm. In Transportation Research Procedia, vol. 27, pp. 849-856. DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2017.12.124 Record Slides

  • Ait-Ali, A., Lindberg, P. O., Nilsson, J.-E., Eliasson, J., Aronsson, M. (2017). Disaggregation in Bundle Methods: Application to the Train Timetabling Problem. In RailLille 2017 Proceedings. Record

Working papers and preprints

  • Ait-Ali, A., Peterson, A. (2025). Modelling and evaluating travel information during disruptions: An illustrative example from Swedish railways. arXiv, 2510.08254. PDF Record

  • Odolinski, K., Ait-Ali, A., Nilsson, J.-E., Lidén, T. (2025). Analyser av riskreducerande metoder i upphandling av järnvägsunderhåll: effekter på åtgärder och tågförseningar. Working Papers, Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute, 2025:5. PDF Record

  • Ait-Ali, A. (2024). Exploring measures to monitor passenger-centric punctuality in public transport: a pre-study. K2 Working Paper, 2024:9. PDF Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Odolinski, K., Pålsson, B., Torstensson, P. (2023). Evaluating the mix of maintenance activities on railway crossings with respect to life-cycle costs. Working Papers, Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute, 2023:6. PDF Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Kurt, F., Isberner, A., Odolinski, K., Berg, M. (2023). Assessing innovations in High-Speed Rail infrastructure. Working Papers, Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute, 2023:7. PDF Record

  • Odolinski, K., Nissen, A., Ait-Ali, A. (2023). Finding a better renewal time and improved contract design for switches and crossings. VTI report. PDF Record

  • Odolinski, K., Nilsson, J.-E., Sjöstrand, H., Ait-Ali, A., Lidén, T. (2023). Att följa upp och utvärdera järnvägsunderhåll: Delrapport inom projektet Metod för jämförelsestudier av järnvägsunderhåll. VTI report. PDF Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Lidén, T. (2021). Minimal utilization rates for railway maintenance windows: a cost-benefit approach. Working Papers, Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute, 2021:8. PDF Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Eliasson, J., Warg, J. (2020). Are commuter train timetables consistent with passengers’ valuations of waiting times and in-vehicle crowding? VTI report. PDF Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Eliasson, J. (2019). Dynamic Origin-Destination Estimation Using Smart Card Data: An Entropy Maximisation Approach. arXiv, 1909.02826. PDF Record Slides

  • Ait-Ali, A., Eliasson, J. (2019). Railway capacity allocation: a survey of market organizations, allocation processes and track access charges. VTI report. PDF Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Warg, J., Eliasson, J. (2019). Pricing commercial train path requests based on societal costs. VTI report. PDF Record

Other publications

  • Lidén, T., Kristofersson, F., Ait-Ali, A. (2026). Samplanering av trafikpåverkande åtgärder och trafikflöden för stråkplanering: SATT-SP: metoder, verktyg och fallstudier. VTI report. DOI: 10.65151/vti972045 PDF Record

  • Ait-Ali, A., Peterson, A. (2024). Värdering av trafikinformationsnyttor i tågtrafiken (VTT): slutrapport. Trafikverket report. PDF Record

  • Ait-Ali, A. (2020). Methods for Capacity Allocation in Deregulated Railway Markets. Linköping Studies in Science and Technology, Dissertation No. 2101. DOI: 10.3384/diss.diva-170193 PDF Slides

  • Sedrati, A., Ait-Ali, A. (2019). Moroccan Darija in Online Creation Communities: Example of Wikipedia. Al-Andalus Magreb, 26, 11.1-14. DOI: 10.25267/AAM.2019.i26.11 Record Slides

  • Ait-Ali, A., Sedrati, A. (2016). Towards Internet Domain Names in Tifinagh. TICAM 2016, International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for the Amazigh. PDF Slides

  • Ait-Ali, A. (2015). Integration of Production Scheduling and Energy Management: Software Development. KTH Royal Institute of Technology. PDF