Title: A train control system simulation and analysis method

Authors: Y. Zhang; T. Tang; W. Zheng; H. Niu

Addresses: State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China; Transportation and Economics Institute, China Academy of Railway Sciences, Beijing 100081, China. ' State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China. ' State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China. ' Department of Information Technology, Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing 100621, China

Abstract: Experiments in physical and real environment would be expensive, time consuming and unsafe. This project aims to develop a tool to reduce the above mentioned efforts by simulating a whole railway environment, fulfilling the interfaces between subsystems and the elements of these subsystems, testing and analysing the specifications of European Train Control System Level-2 (ETCS L2). UML sequence diagrams and state diagrams are used to model the scenario-based specification and the dynamic behaviours of on-board equipment. The examples of using this method to simulate on-board equipment, test and validate the specifications, as well as the system performance simulation results are also introduced.

Keywords: train control; European Train Control System; ETCS; specifications; railway simulation; analysis; railways.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSPM.2012.047859

International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 2012 Vol.7 No.1/2, pp.57 - 66

Published online: 15 Nov 2014 *

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