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https://doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v31i4.3027
A Threshold Policy for Dispatching Vehicles in Demand-responsive Transit Systems
Nikola Marković
; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Myungseob (Edward) Kim
; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western New England University, Springfield, MA, USA
Eungcheol Kim
; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea
Sanjin Milinković
orcid.org/0000-0003-3450-1324
; Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Sažetak
This paper considers vehicle dispatching for a flexible transit system providing doorstep services from a terminal. The problem is tackled with an easy-to-implement threshold policy, where an available vehicle is dispatched when the number of boarded passengers reaches or exceeds a certain threshold. A simulation-based approach is applied to find the threshold that minimizes the expected system-wide cost. Results show that the optimal threshold is a function of demand, which is commonly stochastic and time-varying. Consequently, the dispatching threshold should be adjusted for different times of the day. In addition, the simulation-based approach is used to simultaneously adjust dispatching threshold and fleet size. The proposed approach is the first work to analyse threshold dispatching policy. It could be used to help improve efficiency of flexible transit systems, and thereby make this sustainable travel mode more economical and appealing to users.
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Hrčak ID:
224364
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Datum izdavanja:
10.8.2019.
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