Computers in Railways

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