HIERARCHICAL VEHICLE MANAGEMENT CONCEPT FOR AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

A detailed description of a hierarchical system management concept that can operate a large automated guideway transportation system while maintaining achievable communication, vehicle control, and network management requirements is presented. The concept employs "smart" vehicle controllers which require minimal instructions from the network controller and can operate autonomously in case of a failure in either the network management system or the communication system. Wayside-to-vehicle communication requirements for the smart vehicle are determined and compared to those of a passive vehicle system. The economic consequences imposed by the smart vehicle's additional onboard equipment on the owners of the privately owned automated highway (AHS) vehicles are discussed. System-owned communication and control packages are recommended to make the economics of the concept favorable, even for the occasional AHS user.

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• Authors:
  • Caudill, R J
  • Kornhauser, A L
  • Wroble, J R
• Publication Date: 1979-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 11-21
• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • Volume: VT-2
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • ISSN: 0018-9545
  • Serial URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=25

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Automated vehicle control; Centralized traffic control; Communication systems; Control; Guideways; Management; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Management systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Automated transit system; Automated vehicle system
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00196467
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1979 12:00AM