Computing in Railways VIII
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Author(s): J. Allan et al. (Eds)
ISBN: 1853129135
Format: hardback
1163pp
Price: £324.00, $499.00, €527.31
Review Date: 20 June 2002
Review: This book contains most of the papers from the Conference on Computer Aided Design, Manufacture and Operation in the Railway and Other Advanced Mass Transit Systems, held in June 2002. The conference covered themes of current interest including railway management, signal and control systems, design and planning of networks, infrastructure and equipment and many other topics. Over 110 contributions are featured and these are divided into the following sections: Advanced Train Control Systems/ETCS; Automatic Train Control; Communications; Electromagnetic Compatibility; Infrastructure; Innovative Controls in High-Speed Transport Systems; Interlockings; Maglev and Linear Machines; Maintenance and Condition Monitoring; Multi-Train Simulators; Pantograph and Catenary Interaction; Passenger Interface; Planning; Power Supply and Traction Drives; Rail, Track and Bridges; Rail Wheel, Brake and Other Equipment; Safety; Strategy and Scheduling; Systems Engineering; Traffic Control; Train Location Systems; and Training, Decision Support and Human Factors. A special address focusing on the Modernization of Greek Railways is also included.