Local energy minimization in optimal train control

Automatica

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2692-2698

  Howlett, P G ^a   Pudney, P J ^a   Vu, Xuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calculus of variations; Energy minimization; Optimal train control

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS; DRIVING STRATEGY; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; FREIGHT TRAINS; LOCAL ENERGY; LONG HAUL; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; OPTIMAL SWITCHING; OPTIMAL TRAIN CONTROL; STEEP GRADIENTS; SWITCHING POINTS; TRAIN CONTROL; TRAIN DRIVERS;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; DRIVER TRAINING; FREIGHT CARS; LOCOMOTIVES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 70349873524     PISSN: 00051098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2009.07.028     Document Type: Article

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