HBACA-Based Railway Yard Route Searching

The data structure diagram is abstracted from the diagram of railway yard signal arrangement. HBACA (hybrid behavior based ant colony algorithm) is presented to search the shortest route of railway yard. The route searching program based on HBACA is developed. The graphical representation of railway yard is given on the console. According to the designated beginning node and the designated ending node of the route, the shortest route is shown dynamically on the console. The numerical example results indicate that the route searching program based on HBACA can find a shorter route than the route searching program based on ACA. HBACA can optimize the railway yard route.