DocumentCode :
2380528
Title :
Strong reduction in fuel consumption driving trains in bi-directional single line using crossing loops
Author :
Dordal, Osmar B. ; Borges, André P. ; Ribeiro, Richardson ; Enembreck, Fabrício ; Scalabrin, Edson E. ; Ávila, Bráulio C.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Program in Comput. Sci., Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
fYear :
2011
fDate :
9-12 Oct. 2011
Firstpage :
1597
Lastpage :
1602
Abstract :
This paper presents an intelligent approach based on software agents capable of conducting and coordination trains in stretches of single railway track, aiming to reduce the utilization of railway and environment impacts. In the Brazilian rail modal, due to the low duplication of tracks, trains that journey on single railways should accomplish required halts, in order to wait for other trains to use the crossing loop safely. The technological evolution resulted on the appearance of new railway traffic system control. However, systems that rely on software agents are not well explored yet. Therefore, this paper elaborated a Multi-Agent System capable of simulating railway environment using agent drivers and agents with a highest level in managing the railway tracks. The behaviour of agents was based on specialized rules of conduction. The coordination between them occurs through message exchanges, always aiming to avoid halts during the journey. Results have shown an strong average reduction of 22.5% in journey time and 25.5% in fuel consumption when compared to journeys using the traditional method of conduction. The reduction, not only on the journey time, but also on the fuel consumption, entails on the decrease of CO2 emission.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; railway engineering; railway safety; software agents; Brazilian rail modal; bi-directional single line; crossing loop safely; driving agents; environment impacts; fuel consumption; message exchange; multi-agent system; railway simulation; railway tracks; software agents; Equations; Fuels; Licenses; Mathematical model; Multiagent systems; Rail transportation; Safety; Artificial Intelligence; Coordination; Driving of Trains; Multi-Agent System; Reactive Agents;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
ISSN :
1062-922X
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0652-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2011.6083899
Filename :
6083899
Link To Document :
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