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History of COMTRAC: Development of the Innovative Traffic-Control System for Shinkansen (2016)

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First introduced together with the extension of Tokaido-Shinkansen railway in 1972, the COMTRAC large-scale command-and-control system efficiently controls the train's high-speed, high-frequency, high-diversity operations. This article introduces COMTRAC's technological features and gives an overview of its 50-year history, including the early days of R&D and the subsequent system development and improvements.

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Article Kita, Chigusa; Choi, Hyungsub (2016) History of Computing in East Asia: Introduction. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (pp. 8-9). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Grant, H. Roger
Hansen, Peter A.
Higgins, J. Wallace, III
Welsh, Joe
Philipp Mahltig
Wolff, A. J.
Concepts
Land transportation
Railroads
Business history
Passenger trains
Technology
Management; administration
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Japan
China
Germany
Great Britain
Wyoming (U.S.)
Institutions
South Manchuria Railway
Amtrak
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company
Penn Central Transportation Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
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