Development of a probabilistic model to optimize disseminated real-time bus arrival information for pre-trip passengers

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-215

  Chien, Steven I Jy ^a   Daripally, Sunil Kumar ^a   Kim, Kitae ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrival time; ATIS; Bus; Pre trip passengers; Service quality; Transit; Wait time

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ATIS); ARRIVAL TIME; PRE-TRIP PASSENGERS; SERVICE QUALITY; STANDARD DEVIATION;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 34250827131     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.5670410205     Document Type: Article

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