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The COMPRAIL series has become the world forum for all major advances in this important field, and this latest conference volume highlights themes of great current interest. These are: Planning; Human Factors; Computer Techniques, Management and Languages; Electromagnetic Compatibility and Lightning; Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS); Freight; Advanced Train Control; Train Location; CCTV/Communications; Timetable and Operations Quality; Timetabling; Traffic Control; Online Scheduling and Dispatching; Dynamic and Wheel/Rail Interface; Power Supply/Catenary; Power Supply/Energy; Traction and Maglev; Obstacle Detection/Collision Analysis.

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Section 1: Planning The role of the Notified Bodies in the process of the railway liberalization; Optimizing station locations along transit rail lines with geographic information systems and artificial intelligence; A review of techniques used to assess the credibility of a business case in public sector rail projects; Network capacity; Railroad simulation using OpenTrack; Demand and ticket price elasticity analysis in the southern railway line of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Strategic evolution of railway corridor infrastructure: dual approach for assessing capacity investments and M&R strategies; Joining GIS-database and timetable simulation to optimise Asian Railways topology and operation; Simulation based calibration of analytical models for line traffic capacity; Implementation of the Timetable Planning System STRAX/TPS in Denmark; Application of dynamic programming to the optimization of the running profile of a train; Determination of stations where rapid trains stop, or pass to local ones, using a genetic algorithm to shorten total trip time; Section 2: Human factors Pedestrian traffic flow operations on a platform: observations and comparison with simulation tool SimPed; Design assessment of Lisbon transfer stations using microscopic; pedestrian simulation Human Factors Questionnaire measurement of engineer decision frequency; The application of selective door opening within a railway system; Safety at the platform; Section 3: Computer techniques, management and languages Information systems for railway infrastructure management; Achieving a uniform and consistent Graphical User Interface for a major railway system; Informatics in the railway transport in the Czech Republic; Communications network system using IP multicast technology for an accident protection system; The SIMSPOG simulation tool: a web-based implementation; Development of middleware applicable to various types of system structure in train-traffic-control systems; RailML - a standard data interface for railroad applications; Section 4: Electromagnetic compatibility and lightning Assuring compatibility between signalling systems and earthing systems - a new approach; Improvements on electromagnetic fields exposure assessment in rolling stock; Development of a Lightning Hazard Prediction system; Simulation studies of 50Hz locomotive impedance and DC substation interference sources; Section 5: Reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS) Swedish data for railway infrastructure maintenance and renewal cost modelling; Computer architectures and safety integrity level apportionment; Railways safety management organisation: the Italian case; Time-varying failure rate for system reliability analysis in large-scale railway risk assessment simulation; A dynamic approach for planning preventive railway maintenance activities; The safety measures against deformation of the track; Digital ATC support for the RAMS standard; Development, testing and operation of an Ultr


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  • ISBN-13: 9781853127151
  • Publisher: WIT Press
  • Publisher Imprint: WIT Press
  • Height: 230 mm
  • Series Title: No.15 Advances in Transport S.
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1853127159
  • Publisher Date: 03 May 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: v. 9 Computer Aided Design, Manufacture and Operation in the Railway and Other Advanced Mass Transit Systems


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