An onboard optimal control system for freight trains

Proceedings of the Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies, ICTTS

Volumn 322, Issue , 2008, Pages 770-783

  Bai, Yun ^a   Mao, Baohua ^a   Ding, Yong ^a   Zhou, Fangming ^a   Jia, Wenzheng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy efficient; Freight train; Onboard system; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; REAL TIME CONTROL; SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

ENERGY EFFICIENT; FREIGHT TRAINS; GUIDING DEVICE; MINIMIZING ENERGY; ON-BOARD SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS;

FREIGHT CARS;

EID: 70349257138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40995(322)72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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