Optimal Trajectory Planning and Train Scheduling for Urban Rail Transit Systems

• Main Authors: Wang, Yihui (Author), Ning, Bin (Author), van den Boom, Ton (Author), De Schutter, Bart (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Advances in Industrial Control,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Transportation.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Control engineering.; Transportation engineering.; Traffic engineering.; Control.; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

This book contributes to making urban rail transport fast, punctual and energy-efficient –significant factors in the importance of public transportation systems to economic, environmental and social requirements at both municipal and national levels. It proposes new methods for shortening passenger...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Background: Train Operation and Scheduling
• Optimal Trajectory Planning for a Single Train
• Optimal Trajectory Planning for Multiple Trains
• OD-Independent Train Scheduling for an Urban Rail Transit Line
• OD-Dependent Train Scheduling for an Urban Rail Transit Line
• OD-Dependent Train Scheduling for an Urban Rail Transit Network
• Overview and Future Directions
• Appendix: A General Formulation of the Pseudospectral Method.