Title :
Time- and energy-optimal control of an electric railcar
Author_Institution :
Control Eng. Lab., Ruhr-Univ., Bochum, Germany
Abstract :
Simulations for time and energy-optimal control of electric railcars used in urban transportation are described. The aim for this project is to keep a given time-table as exact as possible and on the other hand to save energy costs. The plant is described by a simple mathematical model. The parameters of this model can be given by the user or can be determined automatically by a recursive least-squares estimation algorithm
Keywords :
electric locomotives; fuel optimal control; least squares approximations; railways; recursive estimation; simulation; time optimal control; transportation; electric railcars; energy-optimal control; least-squares; mathematical model; recursive estimation; simulation; time optimal control; urban transportation; Acceleration; Automatic control; Control engineering; Costs; Laboratories; Mathematical model; Optimal control; Rail transportation; Recursive estimation; Sampling methods;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dearborn, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5971-2
DOI :
10.1109/ITSC.2000.881120
