RAILROAD ENERGY MANAGEMENT--TRAIN PERFORMANCE CALCULATOR: A SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT

This report presents a survey and assessment of train performance calculators (TPC) and train operations simulators (TOS). The purpose of the report is to increase the railroad industry's awareness of the present state of development, usefulness, and availability of these models.

• Corporate Authors:

  SRI International

  333 Ravenswood Avenue
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025-3493

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Howard, S M
  • Gill, L C
  • Wong, P J
• Publication Date: 1981-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 72 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abstracts; Computer programming languages; Computer programs; Needs assessment; Performance evaluations; Railroad trains; Simulation; Statistics; Technology assessment
• Uncontrolled Terms: User needs
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00343744
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/ORD-81-02
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-9082
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 28 2003 12:00AM