Week 1

04/02/2022


Today is the end of the first week and we wrap up the progress of the first week.


This week we got a systematic understanding of the project by reading the introduction documents of the MATLAB scripts of train simulation system. The operation of the system can be summarized in terms of inputs and outputs. The input is the vehicle model and the route (each of which consists of many parameters); the outputs are several simulation results which can be either a value (e.g., total travel time, and total energy consumption) or plots (e.g., distance/time plot, and speed/distance plot).


We realized that this project requires the knowledge of MATLAB GUI design. Therefore, we started to learn some basics of MATLAB app designer from online resources, and based on our current pace, we plan to continue learning at the first half of the second week. After that, we will work on the basic design of the first interface (at the current stage, we determined that our app will consist of three interfaces, one for the most basic functionalities and the other two with added features). 



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