MODELING FIXED-BLOCK RAILWAY SIGNALING SYSTEM USING CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODEL

Bin Ning, Ke-Ping Li and Zi-You Gao
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Bin Ning: School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, P. R. China
Ke-Ping Li: School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, P. R. China
Zi-You Gao: School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, P. R. China

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2005, vol. 16, issue 11, 1793-1801

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a new cellular automata model to simulate the railway traffic. The proposed model is based on deterministic NaSch traffic model. The signaling system adopted in this work is the three-aspect fixed-block signaling system. In order to obtain insight into the characteristic behavior of the railway signaling system, we analyze the space-time diagram of traffic flow and the trajectory of train movement etc. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed CA model can be successfully used for the simulations of railway signaling system. Some complex phenomena observed in railway system can be reproduced.

Keywords: Cellular automata; traffic flow; fixed-block signaling system; 05.40.-a; 89.40.+k (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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