Method and apparatus for controlling a railway consist

Details Method and apparatus for controlling a railway consist Method and apparatus for controlling a railway consist

2006-10-24

2006-10-24

Jeanglaude, Gertrude A. (Department: 3661)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication

Railway vehicle

C701S020000, C246S16700M

Reexamination Certificate

active

07127336

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for controlling a railway consist, the apparatus comprising: a consist model adapted for computing an objective function from a set of candidate driving plans and a set of model parameters; a parameter identifier adapted for calculating the model parameters from a set of consist measurements; and a trajectory optimizer adapted for generating the candidate driving plans and for selecting an optimal driving plan to optimize the objective function subject to a set of terminal constraints and operating constraints.

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