The design concepts and operational results of fault-tolerantcomputer systems for the Shinkansen train control
Hachiga, A.; Akita, K.; Hasegawa, Y.
Fault-Tolerant Computing, 1993. FTCS-23. Digest of Papers., The Twenty-Third International Symposium on
Volume , Issue , 22-24 Jun 1993 Page(s):78 - 87
Digital Object Identifier   10.1109/FTCS.1993.627310
Summary:The Shinkansen is a safe, reliable, mass, and rapid public transportation system in Japan. The authors discuss COMTRAC in the Shinkansen. First, they look into the concept and technology of fail-safe in railways. Second, they explain COMTRAC and its fault-tolerant computer systems. Finally, they give several kinds of field data accumulated during the past several years about COMTRAC, which show its improvement in the availability

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