Title :
Research on Optimization Model of Making Inter-city Passenger Train Operation Plan and Ticket Price
Author :
Hu, Zuoan ; Yan, Yusong ; Qiu, Zhongquan
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Traffic & Transp., Southwest Jiaotong Univ., Chengdu
Abstract :
It is important to make the inter-city passenger train operation plan and ticket price, for both transport enterprise and passenger. At present, the researches relating to both are also carried out solely. And only is considered the benefit of rail transport enterprise in the decision-making process. Aiming at this problem, the characteristics of inter-city railway passenger transportation is analyzed and the conclusion is drawn that the main factors affecting passenger flow are inter-city passenger operation plan and ticket price in the future. That how to maximize the profit of both rail transport enterprise and utility value of inter-city rail transportation is regarded as optimization objective. A multi-objective model is build through which the inter-city passenger train operation plan and ticket price is determined. At last, the model is applied in the field of passenger transportation between Chengdu and Chongqing. The result indicates that the model is efficient.
Keywords :
decision making; light rail systems; optimisation; pricing; rapid transit systems; decision-making process; inter-city passenger train operation plan; optimization model; passenger flow; passenger transportation; rail transport enterprise; ticket price; transport enterprise; Cities and towns; Costs; Educational institutions; Industrial engineering; Information management; Innovation management; Rail transportation; Road transportation; Runtime; Traffic control; Inter-city passenger train; Operation plan; Rail transport; Ticket price;
Conference_Titel :
Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering, 2008. ICIII '08. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3435-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICIII.2008.133