INTElligent integration of RAILway systems. A platform for information sharing and its potential for cross-modal deployment

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1 INTElligent integration of RAILway systems Sustainable Surface Transport Project Number FP A platform for information sharing and its potential for cross-modal deployment Helene Köpf - UNIFE E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 1

2 Presentation content 1. What is InteGRail? 2. The InteGRail results A) The technology platform - a flexible concept of a reference platform for information sharing B) The pilot applications running on this platform 3. InteGRail s potential for intermodal deployment 4. Summary E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 2

3 Why InteGRail??? Situation (Railway) player, with a question to solve or a decision to make E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 3

4 Legacy Information System Situation (Railway) player, with a question to solve or a decision to make PERFORMANCE WITHOUT InteGRail E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 4

5 Legacy Information System Situation (Railway) actor, With question to solve or decision to make InteGRail Information System PERFORMANCE WITH InteGRail E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 5

6 InteGRail An integrated European research project Jan March th Framework Programme DG Research 39 participants from 11 countries 20 million budget 11 million EC contribution More than 100 researchers involved 7 subprojects 4 years of work More than documents produced About 25 scientific papers published More than 60 deliverables 5 demonstrators E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 6

7 InteGRail consortium E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 7

8 InteGRail Mission Statement InteGRail aims at creating a holistic, coherent information system, integrating the major railway sub-systems, in order to achieve higher levels of performance of the railway system in terms of capacity, average speed and punctuality, safety and the optimised usage of resources. Building on results achieved by previous projects, InteGRail will propose new intelligent procedures and will contribute to the definition of new standards, in compliance with EC directives and TSI s. E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 8

9 Approach automatically processed OPTIMISING holistic approach - railways as one single system ANALYSING RUNNING common language KPI measure the system behaviour MONITORING BETTER INFORMATION BETTER DECISIONS BETTER PERFORMANCE E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 9

10 Enable information sharing Objectives To allow performance optimisation Objective Keywords Definition of a Platform for data sharing Service Oriented Architecture Ontology based data model Examples of Information sharing functions Cross-border and Cross-subsystem Demonstration of selected Information sharing functions The demonstration functions work, on the platform Help improve performance E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 10

11 Presentation content 1. What is InteGRail? 2. The InteGRail results A) The technology platform B) The pilot applications running on this platform 3. InteGRail s potential for intermodal deployment 4. Summary E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 11

12 InteGRail Results InteGRail produced two types of results: A) The Reference Technology Platform The Reference Technology Platform is an open specification and input for standardisation B) A number of Application Prototypes The Application Prototypes show how InteGRail can work in the real railway world, in a business oriented context E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 12

13 A) InteGRail Reference Technology Platform Standard Railway Service Grid Architecture Standard Railway KPI Structure Standard Railway Domain Ontology Standard Railway Intelligent Communication Framework (ICOM) THE BRICKS TO BUILD THE RAILWAYS OF THE FUTURE E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 13

14 A common architecture Standard Railway Service Grid Architecture New New New New New application application application application application InteGRail Service Grid DOL DOL DOL DOL DOL DOL DOL DOL Back End Back End Back End Back End Back End Back End Back End Back End Existing Existing database Information system Existing Info system Adapter (Fexible Com. Adapter/FCA) DOL Back End Various existing systems E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 14

15 Standard Railway Domain Ontology A common language The Ontology describes (railway) concepts and their relationships, avoiding ambiguity Data can be transformed into information, adding a semantic context Railway System Rolling Stock Infrastructure Vehicle Subsystem Subsystem Subsystem E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 15

16 Standard Railway Domain Ontology Semantic Integration The InteGRail Ontology Model and its relations E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 16

17 Standard Railway Domain Ontology... enables Semantic Integration of any new application New Application Timetable Optimisat ion New Application E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 17

18 Ubiquituous communication Standard Railway Intelligent Communication Framework (ICOM) Applications need to speak to each other, exchanging information, independently from their location and from available networks ICOM integrates current and future communication technologies used in global railway information systems. E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 18

19 Measurement of performance Standard Railway KPI structure The Key Performance Indicator (KPI) structure measures performance with and without InteGRail E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 19

20 Presentation content 1. What is InteGRail? 2. The InteGRail results A) The technology platform B) The pilot applications running on this platform 3. InteGRail s potential for intermodal deployment 4. Summary E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 20

21 B) The InteGRail applications Based on the architecture, pilot applications prove that IGRIS works New New New New New application application application application application InteGRail Service Grid Platform / Architecture For DOL DOL DOL DOL DOL DOL DOL DOL Integration Back End Back End Back End Back End Back End Back End Back End Back End Existing Existing Modified database Information Info system system Integration example Example Integration DOL Back End Various existing monitoring systems E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 21

22 Example: the Network Statement Checker Access to national infrastructure network descriptions Which are the characteristics and which rolling stock can be used that will match the route E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 22

23 E414 Ground Seebyte Edinburgh WILM HABD Train Data University of Birmingham Televic Izegem Bel-Network Doors Active Registry Infra-Atlas University Ghent DeltaRail Utrecht Doors Active Czech Railways Prague Testnet Munich Established nodes for distributed Information Services in Europe Bombardier E414 Italy Track-Geo Rail-Profile MerMec Monopoli, Bari E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 23

24 1. What is InteGRail? Presentation content 2. The InteGRail results A) The technology platform B) The pilot applications running on this platform 3. InteGRail s potential for intermodal deployment 4. Summary E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 24

25 Platform for deployment To achieve a coherent integrated system the further developpment and deployment of (individual) projects must be coordinated within a framework IGR deployment and follow-up projects Platform, steered by Deployment Strategy Group or User Group 2009/2010 E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 25

26 Transfer of the concept to other modes IGRIS is an open system, it is not limited to the railways E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 26

27 IGRING: a ring of IGR supporters Deployment Projects Deployment Projects (Early Deployment adopters) Projects (Early adopters) (Early adopters) IGRING Steering Group IGRING Support office IGRING WG IGRING WG IGRING WG IGRING WG IGRING WG Railway Ontology Management of IGRIS ICOM External Standards Platform Definition Communication coordination Support from strong third parties Public institutions (European Commission) Powerful market players Sector organisations (EIM, UIC, UNIFE, ERFA, ERRAC, EIRAC, ERTRAC etc ) E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 27

28 InteGRail offers potential for transfer into the whole logistic chain The concept of IGRIS has been developped by the rail industry, and it has been tested in the railways However it has a high potential for cross-modal application: 1. The IGRIS service oriented architecture (SOA) is a group of services that communicate with each other this is possible intra and inter modes 2. The concept of the reference data platform is an open system and can be extended to other modes and aplications 3. Thanks to the use of ontologies (FCAs) and semantic technologies IGRIS is extremely flexible 4. InteGRail is scalable 5. Affordable (for all players, SMEs etc) E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 28

29 1. What is InteGRail? Presentation content 2. The InteGRail results A) The technology platform B) The pilot applications running on this platform 3. InteGRail s potential for intermodal deployment 4. Summary E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 29

30 Summary 1. InteGRail is a project that developped a reference platform for information exchange in the railways (IGRIS) 2. A number of applications are running on this platform and show that IGRIS works in the complex railway world and helps to improve performance 3. IGRIS is an open system: it can be transferred to other modes, any new application can be integrated E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 30

31 Are you interested to learn more about InteGRail? We invite you to join the 3 March 2009 Final Conference Grand Place 19, Brussels Registration on E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 31

32 Back-up slides E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 32

33 Standard Railway Domain Ontology Ontology-Engineering also beyond the railways Train Preparation Planning Timetable Region Connection Calculus Time Core Ontology (rail network, measurements, ) Space Train Door Hot Axle-Box Detection Wheel-Impact Load Measurement Track Geometry Rail Profile E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 33

34 Ontology Model 14/03/2006 IGR-I-BTG WP3B_02 at SP3B Meeting

35 imon Intelligent Monitoring Architecture-Implementation Web Services Query Interface Communication Means Intelligent Monitoring Services Service 1 OWL / SPARQL Distributed Reasoning OWL / SPARQL Aggregation & Persistence OWL Semantic Transformation Service 2 Service 3 Reasoners RDF Repositories Parsers & Adapters OWL Integrated System Model Data-Streams, XML Real-World Information Sensors Databases Rolling Stock and Infrastructure

36 Standardisation proposals Possible IGR standardisation proposals: 1. Standard Railway Service Grid Architecture 2. A standard Railway KPI structure 3. Ontology based standard Railway Data Model 4. Standard Railway Communication Framework: ICOM Standard Railway Service Grid Architecture Standard Railway KPI Standard Railway Domain Structure Ontology Standard Railway Intelligent Communication Framework Proposals to be addressed to IEC, CENELEC, E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 36

37 InteGRail offers a technical solution A common platform for integrated information management The right information at the right place at the right moment Enabling Railways to work as one single system Allowing to integrate legacy systems Implementing interoperability of information systems E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 37

38 To work efficiently, railways need efficient information management To control complexity Unambiguous data modelling Ubiquituous data flow To enable cooperation between all actors Interoperability between information systems For international operations Cross-border information exchange To enhance competitiveness Higher performance level E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 38

39 A single system Standard Railway KPI structure InteGRail considers railways as a single system, to be optimised globally, according to a holistic view The concept can be extended, looking at Public Transport as a single Intelligent Transportation System Rolling Stock Operations RS1 Availability RS2 Reliability RS3 Life Cycle Cost OP1 Customer satisfaction OP2 Number of trains OP3 Punctuality OP4 Transported pay-load OP5 Cost of operation Infrastructure Traffic Management INF1 Availability INF2 Reliability INF3 Capability INF4 Life Cycle Cost TM1 Quality of Train Plan TM2 Regulation Re-scheduling TM3 Information E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 39

40 Distributed Reasoning Architecture Reasoner 2 q 12 Reasoner 3 InteGRail Approach: Distributed reasoning Lower network traffic Scales well TBox T ABox A 1 Reasoner 1 Query q q 1 Reasoner 4 TBox T ABox A 4 TBox T ABox A 2 q 2 Reasoner 5 TBox T ABox A 3 TBox T ABox A 5... with the underlying Ontology Information Model E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 40

41 Application middleware layer E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 41

42 Deployment E-Freight Conference 17 Feb 2009, Brussels 42