SAFETY ANALYSIS FOR AUTOMATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

The paper outlines an approach for analyzing the safety characteristics of vehicular ground transportation systems operated under computer surveillance and control. Time delays in emergency control, resulting from discrete sensor spacing, finite sampling time, and loss of telemetered data, are analyzed and expressions for the attendant increase in the minimum headway are developed. The general approach and the specific techniques are illustrated with numerical examples.

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• Authors:
  • Rahimi, A
  • Hajdu, L P
  • Macomber, H L
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1-17
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047391
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1974 12:00AM