Freight train air brake models

Q Wu, C Cole, M Spiryagin, C Chang… - … Journal of Rail …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper is an outcome of an international collaborative research initiative. Researchers
from 24 institutions across 12 countries were invited to discuss the state-of-the-art in railway …

Verified train controllers for the federal railroad administration train kinematics model: Balancing competing brake and track forces

A Kabra, S Mitsch, A Platzer - IEEE Transactions on Computer …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated train control improves railroad operation by safeguarding the motion of trains
while increasing efficiency by enabling motion within a safe envelope. Train controllers …

Embedding differential dynamic logic in PVS

JT Slagel, M Moscato, L White, CA Muñoz… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Differential dynamic logic (dL) is a formal framework for specifying and reasoning about
hybrid systems, ie, dynamical systems that exhibit both continuous and discrete behaviors …

A fast simulation approach to assess draft gear loads for heavy haul trains during braking

JJ Eckert, ÍP Teodoro, LH Teixeira… - … Based Design of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Train traction and brake dynamics simulations can be used to improve the safety and
efficiency of heavy haul transportation. Virtual models can be used to analyze many …

Time Series Multi-Step Forecasting Based on Memory Network for the Prognostics and Health Management in Freight Train Braking System

Z Liu, C Wang, X Yang, N Zhang, F Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In rail trains, the prognostics and health management system will make use of data from
sensors deployed in key components. These data are typically non-stationary multi-variable …

A retrospective on developing hybrid system provers in the keymaera family: a tale of three provers

S Mitsch, A Platzer - … Verification: Future Perspectives: Reflections on the …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter provides a retrospective on the developments of three theorem provers for
hybrid systems. While all three theorem provers implement closely related logics of the …

A temporal differential dynamic logic formal embedding

L White, L Titolo, JT Slagel, C Muñoz - Proceedings of the 13th ACM …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Differential temporal dynamic logic dTL2 is a logic to specify and verify temporal properties
of hybrid systems. It extends differential dynamic logic (dL) with temporal operators that …

[HTML][HTML] A hierarchical verification approach to verify complex safety control systems based on STAMP

X Han, T Tang, J Lv - Science of Computer Programming, 2019 - Elsevier
Complexity is a major obstacle to apply formal verification techniques in industry. Assume-
guarantee (AG) reasoning is a promising compositional verification approach to deal with …

Parallel simulation of railway pneumatic brake using openMP

ÍP Teodoro, JJ Eckert, PF Lopes… - … Journal of Rail …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The continuous growth of ore train lengths demands more efficient schedules, improved
transit estimations and accident prevention schemes. Braking is a key component in …

Towards a Methodology to Design Provably Secure Cyber-physical Systems

F Lisboa Malaquias, G Giantamidis… - ACM SIGAda Ada …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The inordinate financial cost of mitigating post-production cybersecurity vulnerabilities in
cyber-physical systems (CPS) is forcing the industry to rethink systems design cycles …