DocumentCode :
2958115
Title :
A case study of inter-city bus scheduling for Taiwan allied carriers
Author :
Chen, Chia-Hung ; Yan, Shangyao ; Tseng, Chih-Hwang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Logistics Manage., Shu-Te Univ., Yen Chau, Taiwan
fYear :
2009
fDate :
22-24 July 2009
Firstpage :
249
Lastpage :
254
Abstract :
Recently, major inter-city bus carriers in Taiwan have increasingly entered into alliances with other carriers as a means of forming larger networks and improving operation efficiency. However, most of these inter-city bus carriers still use a trial-and-error process to solve their routing/scheduling problems, without optimization from a systemic perspective. Therefore, in this study, we develop a coordinated scheduling model by combining vehicle fleet routing and timetable setting, for the purpose of producing the most satisfactory bus routes and timetables under the alliance. It is expected that the development of the coordinated scheduling model, coupled with the test results, would be useful reference material for practitioners and researchers. To evaluate the proposed model, we perform a case study using real operating data from two Taiwan inter-city bus carriers. The preliminary results are good, showing that the model could be useful for inter-city bus carrier´s alliances.
Keywords :
transportation; Taiwan allied carriers; coordinated scheduling model; inter-city bus scheduling; timetable setting; trial-and-error process; vehicle fleet routing; Air transportation; Airports; Civil engineering; Communication system operations and management; Costs; Engineering management; Job shop scheduling; Logistics; Road transportation; Routing; alliance; fleet routing; inter-city bus; multiple commodity network flow problem;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Service Operations, Logistics and Informatics, 2009. SOLI '09. IEEE/INFORMS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3540-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3541-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SOLI.2009.5203939
Filename :
5203939
Link To Document :
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