Reference
Y. Wang, B. De Schutter, T. van den Boom, and B. Ning, "Optimal trajectory
planning for trains under a moving block signaling system,"
Proceedings of the 2013 European Control Conference,
Zürich, Switzerland, pp. 4556-4561, July 2013.
Abstract
The optimal trajectory planning problem for trains under a moving block
signaling system is considered. This optimal trajectory planning problem is
significant for punctuality, energy consumption, passenger comfort, etc. In a
moving block signaling system, the minimum distance between two successive
trains is the instantaneous braking distance required by the following train
plus a safety margin. The constraints caused by the moving block signaling
system are described as nonlinear inequalities, which can be transformed into
linear inequalities using piecewise affine approximations. The optimal
trajectory planning problem is subsequently recast as a mixed integer linear
programming problem, which can be solved efficiently by existing solvers. A
case study is used to demonstrate the performance of the proposed approach.
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{WanDeS:13-024,
author = {Wang, Yihui and De Schutter, Bart and van den Boom, Ton and
Ning, Bin},
title = {Optimal Trajectory Planning for Trains Under a Moving Block
Signaling System},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2013 European Control Conference},
address = {Z\"urich, Switzerland},
pages = {4556--4561},
month = jul,
year = {2013}
}