Analysis and Simulation of Intervention Strategies against Bus Bunching by means of an Empirical Agent-Based Model by Wei Liang Quek, Ning Ning Chung, Vee-Liem Saw, Lock Yue Chew

“…The EMB model is an agent-based model which utilizes the positional and temporal data of the buses obtained from the Global Positioning System (GPS) to constitute (1) a set of empirical velocity distributions of the buses and (2) a set of exponential distributions of interarrival time of passengers at the bus stops. Monte Carlo sampling is then performed on these two derived probability distributions to yield the stochastic dynamics of both the buses’ motion and passengers’ arrival. …”
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Research into the Possibilities of Improving the Adhesion Properties of a Locomotive by Vadym Ishchuk, Kateryna Kravchenko, Miroslav Blatnický, Alyona Lovska, Ján Dižo

“…The adhesion determines how much power the locomotive can deliver and how the braking system will ensure that the train stops. The main way to improve adhesion is to use sand at the wheel/rail contact point. …”
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Failure of a Solar Filament Eruption Caused by Magnetic Reconnection with Overlying Coronal Loops by Leping Li, Hongqiang Song, Yijun Hou, Guiping Zhou, Baolin Tan, Kaifan Ji, Yongyuan Xiang, Zhenyong Hou, Yang Guo, Ye Qiu, Yingna Su, Haisheng Ji, Qingmin Zhang, Yudi Ou

“…It slowly rose, quickly erupted, rapidly decelerated, then finally stopped, with an untwisting motion. As a failed eruption, the event is associated with an M4.4 flare but no coronal mass ejection. …”
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