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Trans. Planning Journal
| Title | A Generic Vehicle Scheduling Model for Inter-City Bus Carriers Under Fixed-Timetable |
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| Author | Jin-Yuan Wang, Chih-Kang Lin |
| Summary | In this paper, we proposed a generic model for multiple depots vehicle scheduling problem (MDVSP) under fixed-timetable in Taiwan inter-city bus carriers. In this model, many practical factors are considered for bus carriers, such as minimization of vehicle idle time in the depot, number of vehicles, frequency of changing route, and mean mileage deviation in the duties. Besides, two important properties of MDVSP, “number of required vehicles” and, “deadhead trips occurred in multiple depot problem”, are also included in this model. A two-staged procedure for solving MDVSP, which associates with a linear transference technique for this model was also proposed. The transferred model is not only a binary integer linear programming but is also convenient to solve. Finally, we conducted two case studies of single and multiple depots using real operating data. The results indicated that the proposed model and the solution procedure are useful for practical operations. |
| Vol. | 35 |
| No. | 1 |
| Page | 107 |
| Year | 2006 |
| Month | 3 |
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