Cruise control scheduling of heavy haul trains

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 757-766

  Zhuan, Xiangtao ^a   Xia, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake system; Heavy haul trian; Linear quadratic control; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

BRAKING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FORCE CONTROL; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; TRAIN FERRIES;

CRUISE CONTROL SCHEDULING; ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED PNEUMATIC BRAKE SYSTEM; HEAVY HAUL TRAINS; LINEAR-QUADRATIC CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745627762     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2006.872506     Document Type: Article

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