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.
Download Latest Release: 1.0.0
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.
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.
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.
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for Transport T-TRIG grant, and since the objectives of the study have already been investigated, the project is no longer actively maintained.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!
This project is released under GPL License. Please review License file for more details.