Evaluation of the railway traffic safety level using the additive resultant indicator

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2017.119237

Keywords:

traffic safety, method of assessing the level of traffic safety, complex indicator

Abstract

A comprehensive approach to determining the level of safety of train traffic on the objects of the railway infrastructure was proposed. This approach involves taking into account a wide range of factors of influence when determining the safety level. These factors include technical means, personnel management, production practice and investments to the traffic safety. Each factor is characterized by its indicators. The total number of indicators is twelve. They have different dimensionality. In this case, the problem of complex estimation is considered as a multicriteria optimization problem. Solution to this problem is proposed using an additive resultant indicator. It was proposed to introduce a term that determines quality of the safe operation of the sector dealing with transportation of goods and passengers: the level of safety of the transportation process at an infrastructure object. As a criterion for assessing the traffic safety, a resultant additive indicator was formed which determines the level of traffic safety of the train traffic at an infrastructure object. This indicator represents the sum of monotonically growing positive additive functions each of which has its weight (weight factor). The resultant indicator is dimensionless and does not exceed the value of 1. In determining the weight factors, the method of expert estimates is used.

The proposed method of assessment of traffic safety will provide analysis of the situation at the railway range at a higher quality level. It is possible to identify more dangerous infrastructure objects that affect the overall level of safety of the railway net. Application of this method will optimize allocation of resources to ensure traffic safety while adhering to its permissible level. The method can be used in the design of infrastructure projects to determine their level of safety in the process of transportation of goods and passengers.

Author Biographies

Oleksandr Ohar, Ukraine State University of Railway Transport Feierbakha sq., 7, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61050

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of Department

Department of Railway Station and Junctions

Oleksandr Rozsokha, Ukraine State University of Railway Transport Feierbakha sq., 7, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61050

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Railway Station and Junctions

Maksym Kutsenko, Ukraine State University of Railway Transport Feierbakha sq., 7, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61050

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Railway Station and Junctions

Yulia Smachilo, Ukraine State University of Railway Transport Feierbakha sq., 7, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61050

Postgraduate student

Department of Railway Station and Junctions

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2017-12-25

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Ohar, O., Rozsokha, O., Kutsenko, M., & Smachilo, Y. (2017). Evaluation of the railway traffic safety level using the additive resultant indicator. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 6(3 (90), 48–57. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2017.119237

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