E-book: Computers in Railways XI

Section 1: Planning Method and software tool for an optimized passenger
orientated connection management; FASTA: a new life for a former dinosaur
adapting the modelling scope to new planning requirements; Analyzing and
forecasting railway data using linear data analysis; Using a rail simulation
library to assess impacts of transit network planning on operational quality;
Analysing the Metro Cityring in Copenhagen; Capacity measurement with the UIC
406 capacity method; RAILONOMICS - determining investment strategies for
railway signalling through simulation; Applying the lessons learnt in Asset
Management around the world to the development of the AMPLE tool; Banverket
capacity consumption, congested infrastructure and traffic simulation with
Railsys; High-speed lines (HSL) as an environmentally friendly transportation
system - the Polish case Section 2: Safety and security Safety concept of
railway signalling based on Galileo Safety-of-Life Service; A safety-related
transmission method for a new railway signalling system based on an
IP-Network; A Discrete Time Markov Chain approach to global risk analysis in
railway transportation; Software RAMS: the opportunity; Industrialising a
proof-based verification approach of computerised interlocking systems;
Taking advantage of some complementary modelling methods to meet critical
system requirement specifications; SPAD - reducing timetable related risk
Section 3: Advanced train control Multi-objective optimization method for
the ATO system using Cellular Automata; Computer-aided design of ATO speed
commands according to energy consumption criteria; Evaluation of the capacity
limitations and suitability of the European Traffic Management System to
support Automatic Train Operation on Main Line Applications; Development of a
LRT simulator for demand forecasting; ERTMS Level 2: effect on capacity
compared with best practiceA" conventional signalling; Enhanced ETCS_L3
train control system; The impact of GSM-R on railway capacity; Towards
interoperability on Northwest European railway corridors: signalling on the
high-speed railway Amsterdam-Antwerp; Basic train control system for regional
branch lines - field test report; A new tool for railway planning and line
management; Analysis of braking performance for the definition of emergency
braking intervention in ATP systems; Operation simulation of traction systems
Section 4: Communications Development of a high-speed rail transmission
system using digital signal processors for railway signalling; A
location-based MAC protocol for safety-of-life vehicle-to-vehicle
communication; Experimental evaluation of a telecommunications network along
railway lines by ad hoc network technology; Robust data transmission with
eddy current sensor system Section 5: Energy management Charge/discharge
control of a train with on-board energy storage devices for energy
minimization and consideration of catenary free operation; Evaluation of
energy saving strategies in heavily used rail networks by implementing an
integrated real-time rescheduling system; A production train diagram of train
control to save power consumption used for dynamic programming Section 6:
Power supply A three dimensional model for the mechanical study of railway
catenaries; Adapting the CIM model to describe electrified railway systems;
Optimal design of power supply systems using genetic algorithms; Application
of linear analysis in traction power system stability studies; Fast
estimation of aggregated results of many load flow solutions in electric
traction systems; DC protection calculations - an acceptable approach; A
study of corrosion of zinc-coated stranded steel wire used as messenger wire;
OpenPowerNet - simulation of railway power supply systems Section 7:
Operations quality Performance analysis: improving the Dutch railway
service; Automatic identification of route conflict occurrences and their
consequences; A Petri nets based decision support tool for railway traffic
conflicts forecasting and resolution Section 8: Timetable planning An
incremental decision algorithm for railway traffic optimisation in a complex
station; Improvement of a railway planning tool using Genetic Algorithms;
Day-to-day tuning of the Tokaido Shinkansen timetable - carried out for every
single operating hour throughout the year; Development of a dwell time
calculation model for timetable planning; Comparing the effectiveness of two
real-time train rescheduling systems in case of perturbed traffic conditions;
Evaluation of punctuality on a heavily utilised railway line with mixed
traffic; Real-time asynchronous conflict solving algorithms for computer
aided train dispatching assistance systems; A novel train rescheduling
algorithm for correcting disrupted train operations in a dense urban
environment; Automated analysis of train event recorder data to improve
micro-simulation models; Automatic generation of car shunting scheduling in
railway car depots; Applying multiscaling analysis to detect capacity
resources in railway networks; TTPlib 2008 - a library for train timetabling
problems Section 9: Level crossings and obstacle detection Obstacle
recognition from forward view images from trams; The methodology development
of railway level crossing safety systems - South Australia case study
Section 10: Computer techniques The multi-agent programming paradigm use for
railway applications; Train control language - teaching computers
interlocking Section 11: Dynamics and wheel/rail interface Study on the
influence of track conditions on dynamic wheel load variation; Dynamic
vehicle response on horizontal curves equivalent to turnout curves through
Swedish UIC60 turnouts; Digital inertial algorithm for recording track
geometry on commercial shinkansen trains; Simulation of railway track
deterioration influenced by ballast stiffness and dry friction; A study on
the evaluation method of the characteristics of the contact point between
wheel and rail; Influence of vehicle unsprung-mass on dynamic wheel load;
Characteristic identification of oil dampers for railway vehicles using
Neural Networks; TrainDy, a new UIC simulator for the longitudinal dynamics
of trains; On the evaluation of wheel sets and railway track quality Section
12: Maintenance Efficient maintenance strategy through System Dynamics; A
model for the life expectancy of railway switches and crossings for
maintenance and renewal planning in asset management systems Section 13:
Rolling stock Measurement of vehicle ground speed with inertia sensors -
computation issues; The connected IP train and interdependent integration at
the control centre; Visualization study of the influence of parapets on the
flow around a train vehicle under cross winds; A computer tool for automatic
braking distance calculation Section 14: Training tools and technology
Technical development at the 2TRAIN project; The use of computer-based
training tools in Europe - an overview and new approaches; The new driving
and faults solving simulator for the Madrid light rail system; Simulation of
the ASFA system in an ERTMS simulator