Intellectualization Concept of Operating Traffic Management of Public Railway Transport
Intellectualization of existing automated operating management systems of railway traffic operations became relevant objective, so far as automated traffic management centers and functional automated process control systems have been created and operated at the network-wide, regional and local levels supported with well-developed digital communications networks, large-scale databases and, not the list, with qualified staff of process engi-neers and experts in the area of computer technology and programming. The paper tackles the main principles of intelligent workstations generation for the staff in charge of operating decision-making in the area of traffic operations management. Also defined is the list of such workstations. Basic principles of intelligent workstations generation include: - Employing general integration principles of automated closed-loop process control systems - Operating intelligent workstation as a man-machine system - Self-learning - Making operating decisions on the basis of special-purpose simulation models of the network management domains’ operations - Taking account of “No” factors - Setting planning time-frame of current operations and system response time etc. It has been found that while developing of specific intelligent workstation (or a typed workstation intended for use at uniform work positions) it is necessary to define: - Specific composite operating management tasks - Compendium of operating management decisions contributing to the solution of such specific tasks - Initial data and conditions influencing the operating decision-making process. The paper contains an example of defining: - the compendium of essential specific tasks - operating management decisions supporting the solution of these specific tasks and - initial data to be involved in developing intelligent workstation for senior dispatcher of individual railway level (considering the tasks of shift-day plan-ning and field operations plan performance of a traffic control region).