System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard including logic to re-switch cars for block pull time
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1. ) A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard containing a switch, a plurality of classification tracks and a reswitching track, said system comprising:
- a) an input for receiving first data conveying information about a pull time of a given train block to be assembled at the switch yard;
b) a processing entity for computing a switching solution for one or more cars of the given train block, wherein a computation of a switching solution includes a selection of at least one switching option among a set of switching options, one switching option of the set including switching the car of the given train block to a classification track and another switching option of the set including switching the car of the given train block to the reswitching track, wherein the processing entity uses as a factor the information about the pull time of the given train block in selecting between a switching option to switch the car to a classification track and a switching option to switch the car to the reswitching track;
c) an output for releasing second data conveying the switching option selected by said processing entity.
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Abstract
A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A processing entity processes the data and computes car switching solutions for the railcars.
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1. ) A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard containing a switch, a plurality of classification tracks and a reswitching track, said system comprising:
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a) an input for receiving first data conveying information about a pull time of a given train block to be assembled at the switch yard;
b) a processing entity for computing a switching solution for one or more cars of the given train block, wherein a computation of a switching solution includes a selection of at least one switching option among a set of switching options, one switching option of the set including switching the car of the given train block to a classification track and another switching option of the set including switching the car of the given train block to the reswitching track, wherein the processing entity uses as a factor the information about the pull time of the given train block in selecting between a switching option to switch the car to a classification track and a switching option to switch the car to the reswitching track;
c) an output for releasing second data conveying the switching option selected by said processing entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. ) A method for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard containing a switch, a plurality of classification tracks and a reswitching track, said method comprising:
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a) receiving at an input first data conveying information about a pull time of a given train block to be assembled at the switch yard;
b) computing with a computing entity a car switching solution for one or more cars of the given train block, wherein a computation of a car switching solution includes a selection of at least one car switching option among a set of car switching options, one car switching option of the set including switching the car of the given train block to a classification track and another car switching option of the set including switching the car of the given train block to the reswitching track, wherein said computing uses as a factor the information about the pull time of the given train block in selecting between a car switching option to switch the car to a classification track and a car switching option to switch the car to the reswitching track;
c) releasing at an output second data conveying the car switching option selected on a basis of said computing. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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