Reducing power peaks and energy consumption in rail transit systems by simultaneous train running time control

Advances in Transport

Volumn 15, Issue , 2004, Pages 885-894

  Albrecht, T ^a,b  

^a Friedrich List Fac of Transp Sci   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coordinated train control; Energy saving train control; Genetic algorithm; Regenerative braking

Indexed keywords

COORDINATED TRAIN CONTROL; ENERGY SAVING TRAIN CONTROL; REGENERATIVE BRAKING;

ACCELERATION; BRAKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC TRACTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUZZY CONTROL; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SYNCHRONIZATION;

ELECTRIC RAILROADS;

EID: 4644252682     PISSN: 1462608X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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