Research on Decision-Making for Automatic Operation of Heavy-Haul Trains in Automatic Block Sections

The operation of heavy-haul trains requires frequent stopping, resulting in low traffic efficiency, due to their long formations and high loads, as well as dynamic signaling changes in automatic block sections. Therefore, both scheduled traffic and dynamic stopping need to be taken into account in t...

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Main Authors: ZHANG Zhengfang, XIONG Jiayuan, SHU Quanlin, LUO Yuan, JIANG Jie
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Published: Editorial Office of Control and Information Technology 2024-08-01
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Online Access:http://ctet.csrzic.com/thesisDetails#10.13889/j.issn.2096-5427.2024.04.002
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author ZHANG Zhengfang
XIONG Jiayuan
SHU Quanlin
LUO Yuan
JIANG Jie
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XIONG Jiayuan
SHU Quanlin
LUO Yuan
JIANG Jie
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description The operation of heavy-haul trains requires frequent stopping, resulting in low traffic efficiency, due to their long formations and high loads, as well as dynamic signaling changes in automatic block sections. Therefore, both scheduled traffic and dynamic stopping need to be taken into account in the decision programming of automatic operation systems for the control of heavy-haul trains in automatic block sections. This paper proposes a double-layer collaborative decision-making model for the automatic operation of heavy-haul trains, based on an analysis of their dynamics characteristics and the characteristics of signaling changes under automatic blocking, to simultaneously ensure traffic efficiency and smooth stopping. This two-layer model is interconnected through coupling points in operation. The upper-layer model takes schedules based on train graphs as constraints to optimize control curves, aiming for energy saving and stable operation, while calculating coupling state intervals under these desired conditions. The lower-layer model incorporates the most unfavorable signaling (stopping) constraints and uses optimal coupling states from the upper model as its starting point for the optimization of control curves, with the goal of ensuring safe and stable stopping. In the automatic operation experiments conducted on the Suozhou-Huanghua East Line, the proposed model achieved zero takeovers throughout the entire journey. Experimental data showed that its effectiveness in improving both the safety and stability of train operation, while ensuring operational efficiency.
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spelling doaj-art-47415df606bc4caf88c9ae744b9ef7c62025-08-25T06:57:11ZzhoEditorial Office of Control and Information TechnologyKongzhi Yu Xinxi Jishu2096-54272024-08-01111867489066Research on Decision-Making for Automatic Operation of Heavy-Haul Trains in Automatic Block SectionsZHANG ZhengfangXIONG JiayuanSHU QuanlinLUO YuanJIANG JieThe operation of heavy-haul trains requires frequent stopping, resulting in low traffic efficiency, due to their long formations and high loads, as well as dynamic signaling changes in automatic block sections. Therefore, both scheduled traffic and dynamic stopping need to be taken into account in the decision programming of automatic operation systems for the control of heavy-haul trains in automatic block sections. This paper proposes a double-layer collaborative decision-making model for the automatic operation of heavy-haul trains, based on an analysis of their dynamics characteristics and the characteristics of signaling changes under automatic blocking, to simultaneously ensure traffic efficiency and smooth stopping. This two-layer model is interconnected through coupling points in operation. The upper-layer model takes schedules based on train graphs as constraints to optimize control curves, aiming for energy saving and stable operation, while calculating coupling state intervals under these desired conditions. The lower-layer model incorporates the most unfavorable signaling (stopping) constraints and uses optimal coupling states from the upper model as its starting point for the optimization of control curves, with the goal of ensuring safe and stable stopping. In the automatic operation experiments conducted on the Suozhou-Huanghua East Line, the proposed model achieved zero takeovers throughout the entire journey. Experimental data showed that its effectiveness in improving both the safety and stability of train operation, while ensuring operational efficiency.http://ctet.csrzic.com/thesisDetails#10.13889/j.issn.2096-5427.2024.04.002heavy-haul traindouble-layer optimization modeldynamic programmingautomatic operationautomatic block systemMonte Carlo sampling
spellingShingle ZHANG Zhengfang
XIONG Jiayuan
SHU Quanlin
LUO Yuan
JIANG Jie
Research on Decision-Making for Automatic Operation of Heavy-Haul Trains in Automatic Block Sections
Kongzhi Yu Xinxi Jishu
heavy-haul train
double-layer optimization model
dynamic programming
automatic operation
automatic block system
Monte Carlo sampling
title Research on Decision-Making for Automatic Operation of Heavy-Haul Trains in Automatic Block Sections
title_full Research on Decision-Making for Automatic Operation of Heavy-Haul Trains in Automatic Block Sections
title_fullStr Research on Decision-Making for Automatic Operation of Heavy-Haul Trains in Automatic Block Sections
title_full_unstemmed Research on Decision-Making for Automatic Operation of Heavy-Haul Trains in Automatic Block Sections
title_short Research on Decision-Making for Automatic Operation of Heavy-Haul Trains in Automatic Block Sections
title_sort research on decision making for automatic operation of heavy haul trains in automatic block sections
topic heavy-haul train
double-layer optimization model
dynamic programming
automatic operation
automatic block system
Monte Carlo sampling
url http://ctet.csrzic.com/thesisDetails#10.13889/j.issn.2096-5427.2024.04.002
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