Title :
Railroad infrastructure simulator
Author :
Fioroni, Marcelo Moretti ; Franzese, Luiz Augusto G ; Pereira, Naguissa Yuri Hiramatsu ; Machado, Marcelo Neder
Author_Institution :
Paragon Consulting Solutions, Sao Paulo
Abstract :
The railroad is one of the best options for long distance and high volume transportation. Many studies have been developed to determine the best way to use the available infrastructure (tracks, locomotives, etc.) or the best procedures to block trains or schedule its departures. This study presents an experience made with a reusable simulation tool specially designed to evaluate the impact of infrastructure changes on rail lines or load/unload terminals. Some aspects of this simulation tool are presented, and an experiment made with a real rail network is described
Keywords :
digital simulation; railways; transportation; railroad infrastructure simulator; real rail network; reusable simulation tool; transportation; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Computer simulation; Costs; Discrete event simulation; Government; Humans; Rail transportation; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2005 Proceedings of the Winter
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9519-0
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2005.1574554
