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, pp: 337-346, ISBN: 978-1853124075

Publication date: 1996-07-31.

Citation:
F. de Cuadra, A. Fernández-Cardador, J. de Juan, M. Herrero, Energy-saving automatic optimisation of train speed commands using direct search techniques, 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., ISBN: 978-1853124075