CONTROL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SHORT-HEADWAY ACGV SYSTEMS

Command and control systems for automatically controlled and guided vehicle (ACGV) systems were investigated with emphasis on systems for short (up to 30 seconds) headway operation. Ten proposed systems which employ either conventional block control techniques or one or more large digital processors were evaluated. The conventional block approach and the central computer approach were both used in the study. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Johns Hopkins University, Laurel

  Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road
  Laurel, MD  United States  20723-6099
• Authors:
  • HINMAN, E J
  • McDowell, R B
  • Makofski, R A
• Publication Date: 1971-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 321 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Command and control systems; Command guidance; Control devices; Digital computers; Guideways; Headways; Intelligent transportation systems; Railroad cars; Railroads; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Acgv automatically controlled and guided vehicles; Advanced systems; Automated guideway systems; Automatically controlled and guided vehicles; Headway control systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039830
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: APL/JHU-TPR-018 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-109
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 9 1973 12:00AM