Optimal coordination of public-transit vehicles using operational tactics examined by simulation

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 879-895

  Hadas, Yuval ^a,b   Ceder, Avishai ^b,c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Optimization; Public transit; Simulation; Transfers

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING MODEL; OPTIMAL COORDINATION; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECT; PUBLIC TRANSIT; SIMULATION; TRANSFERS; TRANSIT SERVICE RELIABILITIES;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 77955921491     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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