AUTOMATED RAILROAD TRANSPORT CONTROL SYSTEM: TASKS, REQUIREMENTS, OUTLOOK

ASUZHT: ZADACHI, TREBOVANIIA, PERSPEKTIVY

The main task in redesigning the transport control system is the creation, based on computers and automation, of a new concept in which would be realized optimum conditions for development of process control. Over 50 types of tasks can be solved with the aid of the computer: calculation, analysis, normalization, planning and prognosis. Specific instances include improved car turnaround, improvment of locomotive utilization, increase of throughput capacity, and other technical improvements. ASUZHT has a three-step plan, based on the main computer center of the Ministry of Railroads, the network of on-line computer centers and the major terminals with refined data transmission arrangements.

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• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• Russian

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 2-10
• Serial:
  • Zheleznodorozhnyi Transport
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: USSR Ministry of Railways
  • ISSN: 0044-4448

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control systems; Data communications; Information processing; Locomotive utilization; Management information systems; Network analysis; Railcar utilization; Railroad facility operations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Line capacity
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00130276
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 1 1977 12:00AM