RTRI REPORT November 2000

Study on Computer Simulation Systems for Railway Transport Safety

Hisaji FUKUDA, Toru SHIBATA


  Railways are a large-scale public transport system, which is said to have developed mainly based on experience, where computer simulation is a valuable method to clarify complex and diverse phenomena that will occur in the system. Computer simulation is now widely applicable due to advanced software technologies such as 3-dimentional computer graphics (3DCG) or virtual reality (VR), rapid improvement of hardware capacities and lower hardware prices, along with the development of multi-media and network technologies with PCs. This research aims at studying the possibility of a brand-new simulation method that is applicable to the railway system, especially to solve safety problems, and developing "a multi-purpose VR safety simulator" as an application.


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