Planning Problems in Public Transit

Ralf Borndörfer (), Martin Grötschel () and Ulrich Jäger ()
Additional contact information
Ralf Borndörfer: Dres. Löbel, Borndörfer & Weider GbR
Martin Grötschel: Zuse Institute Berlin
Ulrich Jäger: WSW mobil GmbH

A chapter in Production Factor Mathematics, 2010, pp 95-121 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Every day, millions of people are transported by buses, trains, and airplanes in Germany. Public transit (PT) is of major importance for the quality of life of individuals as well as the productivity of entire regions. Quality and efficiency of PT systems depend on the political framework (state-run, market oriented) and the suitability of the infrastructure (railway tracks, airport locations), the existing level of service (timetable, flight schedule), the use of adequate technologies (information, control, and booking systems), and the best possible deployment of equipment and resources (energy, vehicles, crews). The decision, planning, and optimization problems arising in this context are often gigantic and “scream” for mathematical support because of their complexity.

Keywords: Public Transport; Planning Problem; Public Transit; Service Design; Crew Schedule (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-11248-5_6

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783642112485

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11248-5_6

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().