Multiresponse optimization of dispatch rules for public bus services

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-86

  Lam, Shao Wei ^a   Tang, Loon Ching ^a   Goh, Thong Ngee ^a   Halim, Tony ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Buses; Dispatch rules; Markov; Multiobjective optimization; Response surface

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BUS ROUTES; BUS SERVICES; COST OF OPERATIONS; DATA COLLECTIONS; DISPATCH RULES; ESTIMATION PROCEDURES; HEADWAY DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; INTEGRATED SIMULATIONS; MARKOV; MARKOV MODELS; MULTI-RESPONSE OPTIMIZATIONS; MULTIPLE RESPONSE OPTIMIZATIONS; PASSENGER LOADS; RESPONSE SURFACE; SERVICE RELIABILITIES; SIMULATION MODELS; SIMULATION-BASED; TRANSIT SYSTEMS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 59049089529     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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