Real-Time Scheduling on a Transit Bus Route

  • Yihua Li
  • Jean-Marc Rousseau
  • Fujun Wu
Part of the Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems book series (LNE, volume 386)

Abstract

We consider a scheduling problem in real-time on a single transit bus route where buses may be express and stop only at a few places or turn before the terminus in order to respect the schedule. This paper describes methods based on heuristic procedures designed to provide quick solutions to the real-time scheduling problem. The quality of the results are evaluated on a test problem using data from Shanghai transit company.

Keywords

Schedule Problem Crew Schedule Transportation Research Record Passenger Flow Computer Schedule 
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992

Authors and Affiliations

  • Yihua Li
    • 1
  • Jean-Marc Rousseau
    • 1
  • Fujun Wu
    • 2
  1. 1.Centre for Research on Transportation (CRT)University of MontrealCanada
  2. 2.Shanghai Institute of Mechanical EngineeringChina

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