Train Simulator - Decentralised Self-Driving Trains

Build Status

Ferromone Trails Concept

Ferromone Trails is a concept of using the existing train infrastructure such that trains can self-organise safely, without having to rely on a centralised network. This project is a Java-based simulator created from scratch which was built to investigate the feasibility of this concept. The concept is modeled after ant-colony algorithms, where pheromone trails are used for organisation and navigation.

Train Simulator Screenshot

Getting Started

Download

Download Latest Release: 1.0.0

Run it!

Start by executing the program (Notice: Java 1.8 is required):

java -jar train-simulator.jar

Navigate to http://localhost:8080 and follow the intstructions on the page to run your desired simulation.

Simulator Menu

Runtime Arguments

Custom Maps

Maps can be created in YAML format. You can pass custom maps to the program using the argument:

java -jar train-simulator.jar --maps=path/to/my_map.yaml,path/to/map/folder,...

All maps used to evaluate this study are available here.

Output folder

By default, the results will be exported to the ./results directory in the current working directory. This can be changed by passing the runtime argument --output=my/custom/path.

Development Status

The simulator application was built under the Department for Transport T-TRIG grant, and since the objectives of the study have already been investigated, the project is no longer actively maintained. However, contributions are more than welcome!

License

This project is released under GPL License. Please review License file for more details.