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Energy-saving automatic optimisation of train speed commands using direct search techniques

F. de Cuadra, A. Fernández-Cardador, J. de Juan, M. Herrero

5th International Conference on Computer Aided Design, Manufacture and Operation in the Railway and Other Advanced Mass Transit Systems - COMPRAIL 1996, Berlin (Germany). 21-23 August 1996

Summary:

This paper describes two computer tools that have been developed for the automatic optimisation of train speed commands. Given a target time for the trip between two consecutive stations, energy consumption is minimised. Two driving strategies have been considered, one based on coasting-remotor cycles and the other in space-related traction commands. Direct search techniques have been applied, using simulation processes that include detailed models of the train and the line.

Keywords: direct search, simulation models, railway management, ato, CAD

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2495/CR960351

Published in: Computers in railways V: Volume 1: Railway systems and management., pp: 337-346, ISBN: 978-1853124075

Publication date: 31-Jul-1996.

Citation:
F. de Cuadra, A. Fernández-Cardador, J. de Juan, M. Herrero, "Energy-saving automatic optimisation of train speed commands using direct search techniques", presented at 5th International Conference on Computer Aided Design, Manufacture and Operation in the Railway and Other Advanced Mass Transit Systems - COMPRAIL 1996, Berlin, Germany, 21-23 August 1996. In: Computers in railways V: Volume 1: Railway systems and management., pp. 337-346, doi: 10.2495/CR960351

Research topics:

*Energy Efficient Timetabling and Train Driving (Ecodriving)

Research groups:

Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (IIT)

IIT-96-054C

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