Use of ontology for data integration in a degraded mode signalling system

Christopher Morris; John Easton

doi:10.2495/CR180191

Use of ontology for data integration in a degraded mode signalling system

Christopher Morris, John Easton

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Abstract

Every week many thousands of delay minutes are accrued on the UK railway, a significant proportion of which can be attributed to failures of signalling sub-systems, such as track circuits. Signalling failures are both expensive for the infrastructure provider (as knock-on delays to services build up rapidly) and a source of frustration and delays for passengers, leading to increased dissatisfaction with the industry as a whole. A degraded mode signalling system, offering less functionality than the main system but via alternative channels, can help to mitigate these failures and allow railway operations to continue whilst the main signalling system is repaired. The use of ontology was a key enabler in this project, making it possible to draw together data from multiple sources and infer meaning from the data supplied. National scale signalling data was used with the ontology without impediment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computers in Railways XVI
Editors	G. Passerini, J. M. Mera, N. Tomii, P. Tzieropoulos
Publisher	WIT Press
Pages	215-223
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-78466-286-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-78466-285-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2495/CR180191
Publication status	Published - 5 Nov 2018
Event	16th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design & Operation (COMPRAIL 2018) - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 2 Jul 2018 → 4 Jul 2018

Publication series

Name	WIT Transactions on The Built Environment
Publisher	WIT Press
Volume	181
ISSN (Print)	1743-3509

Conference

Conference	16th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design & Operation (COMPRAIL 2018)
Abbreviated title	COMPRAIL 2018
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	2/07/18 → 4/07/18

Keywords

Ontology
Degraded Mode Signalling
Integration

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Morris, C & Easton, J 2018, Use of ontology for data integration in a degraded mode signalling system. in G Passerini, J M. Mera, N Tomii & P Tzieropoulos (eds), Computers in Railways XVI. WIT Transactions on The Built Environment, vol. 181, WIT Press, pp. 215-223, 16th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design & Operation (COMPRAIL 2018)
, Lisbon, Portugal, 2/07/18. https://doi.org/10.2495/CR180191

Use of ontology for data integration in a degraded mode signalling system. / Morris, Christopher; Easton, John.
Computers in Railways XVI. ed. / G. Passerini; J. M. Mera; N. Tomii; P. Tzieropoulos. WIT Press, 2018. p. 215-223 (WIT Transactions on The Built Environment; Vol. 181).

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