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Method and apparatus for controlling a railway consist

  • US 20050065674A1
  • Filed: 09/24/2003
  • Published: 03/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for controlling a railway consist, said 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 said model parameters from a set of consist measurements; and

    a trajectory optimizer adapted for generating said candidate driving plans and for selecting an optimal driving plan to optimize said objective function subject to a set of terminal constraints and operating constraints.

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