On intelligent automatic train control of railway moving automatic block systems based on multi-agent systems

Railway moving automatic block systems have no the track circuit and the ground signaling in the section between two neighboring railway stations, and bring forward the higher requirements to the self-govened intelligence of train, the close cooperation of trains, stations and between train and station, as well as safety and efficiency of train operation. The multi-agent systems (MAS) theory is used to construct the intelligent agent models of station and train. The check methods are presented for train agent to test its real-time integrality. The formal description is provided for train behavioral adjustments. In order that every intelligent agent can cooperate with others closely to make the colony intelligence well up, thereby, to ensure the trains run in safety and efficiency. From systems engineering, the information managements of moving train is studied and the stackelberg cooperation mechanism, the same hierarchy cooperation mechanism and their cooperation methods are discussed. The simulations verify the feasibility of the method. The results are helpful for the deep study and application of the advanced technology of intelligent automatic train control.