Allan J., Brebbia C.A. (eds.) et al. Computers in Railways X: Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems

J. Allan, Rail Safety and Standards Board, UK, C.A. Brebbia, Wessex Inst. of Technology, UK, A.F. Rumsey, Parsons Transportation Group, USA, G. Sciutto, Univ. di Genova, Italy, S. Sone, Univ. of Kogak. — WIT Press, 2006. 1008 p. — ISBN: 1-84564-177-9, eISBN: 978-1-84564-243-3 — (WIT Transactions on The Built Environment. Volume. 88).DescriptionThis book updates the use of computer-based techniques, promoting their general awareness throughout the business management, design, manufacture and operation of railways and other advanced passenger, freight and transit systems. Including papers from the Tenth International Conference on Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems , the book will be of interest to railway management, consultants, railway engineers (including signal and control engineers), designers of advanced train control systems and computer specialists. Themes of interest include: Planning; Human Factors; Computer Techniques, Management and languages; Decision Support Systems; Systems Engineering; Electromagnetic Compatibility and Lightning; Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS); Freight; Advanced Train Control; Train Location; CCTV/Communications; Operations Quality; Timetables; Traffic Control; Global Navigation using Satellite Systems; Online Scheduling and Dispatching; Dynamics and Wheel/Rail Interface; Power Supply; Traction and Maglev; Obstacle Detection and Collision Analysis; Railway Security.Choices between stairs, escalators and ramps in stations
W. Daamen; P. H. L. Bovy; S. P. Hoogendoorn;How is the business case used by stakeholders for making project decisions with PFI/PPP projects?
M. J. Gannon;A bilevel model for optimizing station locations along a rail transit line
S. Samanta; M. K. Jha;Design and implementation of virtual environments for planning and building sustainable railway transit systems
M. Chandramouli; B. Huang; T.-Y. Chou; L. K. Chung; Q. Wu;The network effects of railway investments
S. Hansen; A. Landex; A. H. Kaas;Modelling and simulation of the traffic management in a migration phase: example of Ligne 1 of the Parisian subway
M. Ghantous-Mouawad; W. Schön; J.-L. Boulanger; G. Churchill;Computer based ex-ante evaluation of the planned railway line between Copenhagen and Ringsted by use of a Decision Support System named COSIMA-DSS
K. B. Salling; A. Landex;Assessing rail transport network performance and reliability
R. Raicu; M. A. P. Taylor;A study on a mathematical model of the track maintenance scheduling problem
S. M. Oh; J. H. Lee; B. H. Park; H. U. Lee; S. H. Hong;Statistical method for the evaluation of railway systems modifications
M. Chandesris;Prioritized Rail Corridor Asset Management
T. Selig; J. Kasper;An assessment of hazard probability due to Pentium processor errata in automatic train control applications
C. Bantin;Role of supervision systems in railway safety
F. Belmonte; J.-L. Boulanger; W. Schön; K. Berkani;Automatic train controller safety simulation
R. A. V. Gimenes; J. R. de Almeida; T. R. Nogueira;Common approach for supervising the railway safety performance
E. M. El Koursi; L. Tordai;Potential dangerous object detection on railway ballast using digital image processing
P. L. Mazzeo; E. Stella; M. Nitti; A. Distante;Thermal characteristics of novel brake friction materials for light rail transit applications
N. Valliyappan; D. Berhan; M. N. Darius; G. Solomon;A fast method for estimating railway passenger flow
Y. Nagasaki; M. Asuka; K. Komaya;Route-choice support system for passengers in the face of unexpected disturbance of train operations
R. Tsuchiya; Y. Sugiyama; K. Yamauchi; K. Fujinami; R. Arisawa; T. Nakagawa;A new delay forecasting system for the Passenger Information Control system (PIC) of the Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen
K. Fukami; H. Yamamoto; T. Hatanaka; T. Terada;Reconstruction of train trajectories from track occupation data to determine the effects of a Driver Information System
T. Albrecht; R. M. P. Goverde; V. A. Weeda; J. van Luipen;A decision support system for track maintenance
C. Meier-Hirmer; A. Senée; G. Riboulet; F. Sourget; M. Roussignol;The new Shinkansen rescheduling system for drivers and crew
H. Shimizu; H. Tanabe; S. Honda; K. Yasura;A Decision Support System for railway timetabling (MOM): the Spanish case
F. Barber; P. Tormos; A. Lova; L. Ingolotti; M. A. Salido; M. Abril;Measurement of train driver’s brain activity by functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)
T. Kojima; H. Tsunashima; T. Y. Shiozawa;Methodology for the LCC-Analysis and the optimal migration of the railway operations control on the example of ETCS
M. Obrenovic; B. Jaeger; K. Lemmer;Application of location detection system using active type RFID tags to railways
K. Seki; S. Suzuki; M. Ukai; R. Tsuchiya;A survey on SNCF decision support system tools to supervise and to pilot train traffic in operation
D. Gauyacq;Distributed constraint satisfaction problems to model railway scheduling problems
P. Tormos; M. Abril; M. A. Salido; F. Barber; L. Ingolotti; A. Lova;Blocking time reduction for level crossings using the genetic algorithm
Y. Noguchi; H. Mochizuki; S. Takahashi; H. Nakamura; S. Kaneko; M. Sakai;Modeling a distributed railway interlocking system with object-oriented Petri nets
X. Hei; H. Mochizuki; S. Takahashi; H. Nakamura; M. Fukuda; K. Iwata; K. Sato;Using UML diagrams for system safety and security environment analysis
F. M. Rachel; P. S. Cugnasca;System-independent and quality tested availability of railway data across country and system borders by the model driven approach
H. R. Gnägi; N. Stahel;Formalisation and simulation of operating rules using coloured Petri nets
O. Lahlou; P. Bon; L. Allain;From UML to B – a level crossing case study
J.-L. Boulanger; P. Bon; G. Mariano;The feasibility case for converting existing heavy metro systems to driverless operation
P. Thomas;Converting existing service to fully automatic operation
F. Fabbian;Re-signaling the Paris Line 1: from driver-based to driverless operation
C. Braban; P. Charon;Application of communication based Moving Block systems on existing metro lines
L. Lindqvist; R. Jadhav;Driverless CBTC – specific requirements for CBTC systems to overcome operation challenges
M. P. Georgescu;CBTC (Communication Based Train Control): system and development
N. Bin; T. Tao; Q. K. Min; G. C. Hai;An algorithm for braking curve calculations in ERTMS train protection systems
B. Friman;ICONIS: the window for URBALIS controlled automatic METRO
P. Noury;Automatic train operation system for the high speed Shinkansen train
Y. Yasui;Design of experiment for the validation of ATP/ATC odometry algorithms
M. Malvezzi; G. Cocci; A. Tarasconi;Location in railway traffic: generation of a digital map for secure applications
F. Böhringer; A. Geistler;Train position detecting system using radio millimeter-waves
T. Maeda; K. Watanabe; M. Ono;Optimal train control at a junction in the main line rail network using a new object-oriented signalling system model
R. Takagi; P. F. Weston; C. J. Goodman; C. Bouch; J. Armstrong; J. Preston; S. Sone;Optimising train priorities to support the regulation of train services with the assistance of active and deductive databases
C. Sakowitz; E. Wendler;Simulation of traffic management with FRISO
A. D. Middelkoop; L. Loeve;Influences of station length and inter-station distance on delays and delay propagation on single-track lines with regional rail traffic
O. Lindfeldt;Simulation of disturbances and modelling of expected train passenger delays
A. Landex; O. A. Nielsen;Running time re-optimization during real-time timetable perturbations
A. D’Ariano; T. Albrecht;ALFa – a software tool for optimal scheduling of demand oriented train services
S. Scholz; T. Albrecht;An algorithm for train rescheduling using rescheduling pattern description language R
C. Hirai; N. Tomii; Y. Tashiro; S. Kondou; A. Fujimori;State-of-the-art of railway operations research
I. A. Hansen;Timetable management and operational simulation: methodology and perspectives
A. Radtke;The contribution of state resources in a constraint-based scheduling model for conflict solving at railway junctions
J. Rodriguez;A new idea for train scheduling using ant colony optimization
K. Ghoseiri;Joint design standard for running times, dwell times and headway times
V. A. Weeda; P. B. L. Wiggenraad;: an innovative, extendable computation engine for timetable validation
T. Polzin; R. Gooßmann;Evaluating stochastic train process time distribution models on the basis of empirical detection data
J. Yuan; R. M. P. Goverde; I. A. Hansen;Practical use of the UIC 406 capacity leaflet by including timetable tools in the investigations
A. Landex; A. H. Kaas; B. Schittenhelm; J. Schneider-Tilli;A method to estimate passenger flow with stored data at ticket gates
S. Myojo;Analysis and optimisation of railway nodes using simulation techniques
A. Kavička; V. Klima; N. Adamko;Model checker for railway signalling communication protocol
J.-G. Hwang; H.-J. Jo; J. H. Lee;A new ground-to-train communication system using free-space optics technology
H. Kotake; T. Matsuzawa; A. Shimura; S. Haruyama; M. Nakagawa;Communications security concerns in communications based train control
M. Hartong; R. Goel; D. Wijesekera;Ethernet-based network with high reliability for railway signaling systems
H.-J. Jo; J.-G. Hwang; Y.-K. Yoon;Information system for railway energy management
G. Hribar; B. Dremelj; M. Sekavčnik;Impact of train model variables on simulated energy usage and journey time
P. Lukaszewicz;Investigation into the computational techniques of power system modelling for a DC railway
A. Finlayson; C. J. Goodman; R. D. White;Catenary and autotransformer coupled optimization for 2×25kV systems planning
E. Pilo; L. Rouco; A. Fernandez;A study of capacity calculation of regenerative inverter for 1500V DC traction system
C. H. Bae; M. S. Han; Y. K. Kim; S. Y. Kwon; H. J. Park;Train operation minimizing energy consumption in DC electric railway with on-board energy storage device
K. Matsuda; H. Ko; M. Miyatake;Calculations and measurements of harmonic current distributions in the catenary of railways with single-phase A.C.
A. Zynovchenko; J. Xie; S. Jank; F. Klier;A numerical algorithm for run-curve optimization of trains considering a DC feeding circuit
H. Ko; M. Miyatake;Railway modelling for power quality analysis
M. Chymera; A. C. Renfrew; M. Barnes;A mixed AC/DC model for railway power systems
J. Muñoz-Riesco; E. Pilo; A. Fernandez; P. Cucala;A user interface for the representation of the dynamic results on the pantograph-catenary interactions
D. Cebrián; T. Rojo; A. Alberto; E. Arias; F. Cuartero; J. Benet;Dynamic identification of a 1:5 scaled railway bogie on roller rig
N. Bosso; A. Gugliotta; A. Somà;On enhanced tilt strategies for tilting trains
B. Kufver; R. Persson;Railway car dynamic response to track transition curve and single standard turnout
J. Droździel; B. Sowiński;Optimization of special freight wagons with small wheel diameter
A. Rindi; D. Fioravanti; L. Pugi; M. Rinchi; J. Auciello;Design and simulation of railway vehicles braking operation using a scaled roller-rig
N. Bosso; A. Gugliotta; A. Somà;Study on vertical dynamic vehicle-track interactions using the TRADYS test facility and computer simulation
M. Miwa; A. Yoshimura;The study of design on the urban track transportation vibration prevention: floating slab track in the bored tunnel at Taipei
Sy. Chang; K. Y. Chang; K. H. Cheng; R. J. T. Chen;Effect of the distribution of the arrivals and of the intermodal unit sizes on the transit time through freight terminals
G. Malavasi; A. Quattrini; S. Ricci;COMPAT: a decision support tool for determining the necessity of rail infrastructure
M. J. Wolbers;A cost effective solution to manage rail cargo fleets: the final assessment of the F-MAN project
G. Cosulich; A. Derito; M. Giannettoni; S. Savio;Methodology for the monitoring, control and warning of defects for preventive maintenance of rails
K. C. Labropoulos; P. Moundoulas; A. Moropoulou;Onboard measurement method for signaling equipment on Probe Trains
H. Nakamura; S. Takahashi; T. Hiramoto; H. Mochizuki; T. Mizuma;Fault detection of railway track by multi-resolution analysis
T. Kojima; H. Tsunashima; A. Matsumoto;Research on the onboard auto-test system for track circuit compensating capacitors
H. Zhao; Y. Liu; B. Liu;Monitoring wheel defects on a metro line: system description, analysis and results
M. Seco; E. Sanchez; J. Vinolas