Computers in Railways
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Author(s): J.Allen et al. (Eds)
ISBN: 1853128260
Format: hardback
1312pp
Price: £358.00, $554.00
Review Date: 04 September 2000
Review: This large volume comprises papers presented at the Conference on Computers in Railways, held in Italy in September 2000. The papers include discussions of: advanced train control systems; train location systems; the passenger interface; Maglev and linear machines; and energy management and condition monitoring. There are also papers on: infrastructure; systems engineering and safety; electromagnetic compatibility; scheduling and crew rostering; freight traffic; power supplies; rail-wheel dynamics and pantograph and catenary interaction; vehicle dynamics and fatigue; traffic control; maintenance; multi-traffic simulators; training; decision support and human interface systems; and control systems and communications.