Parallel Auction Algorithm for Bus Rescheduling

  • Jing-Quan Li
  • Pitu B. Mirchandani
  • Denis Borenstein
Part of the Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems book series (LNE, volume 600)

Abstract

When a bus on a scheduled trip breaks down, one or more buses need to be rescheduled to serve the customers on that trip with minimum operating and delay costs. The problem of reassigning buses in real-time to this cut trip, as well as to other scheduled trips with given starting and ending times, is referred to as the bus rescheduling problem (BRP). This paper considers modeling, algorithmic, and computational aspects of the single-depot BRP. The paper develops the sequential and parallel auction algorithm to solve the BRP. Computational results show that our approach solves the problem quickly.

Keywords

Breakdown Point Partial Assignment Delay Cost Vehicle Schedule Crew Schedule Problem 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Jing-Quan Li
    • 1
  • Pitu B. Mirchandani
    • 1
  • Denis Borenstein
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Systems and Industrial EngineeringUniversity of ArizonaTucsonUSA
  2. 2.Business SchoolFederal University of Rio Grande do SulPorto Alegre, RSBrazil

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