Preparation of the Public Bus Schedule Based on FCFS

Hong-lei Zhang (), Bo-tang Han, Jing-chao Xu and Yu Feng
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Hong-lei Zhang: Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)
Bo-tang Han: Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)
Jing-chao Xu: Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)
Yu Feng: Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)

A chapter in Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2013, pp 1021-1029 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A good timetable balances both the benefit of the public bus company and passengers. Generally, bus scheduling includes four sequential parts: transit network design and optimization, timetable prepared, bus scheduling and personnel scheduling. This paper focuses on study of public bus schedule preparation based on queue’s theory by means of first-come-first-service (FCFS) approach. With regard to the flexibility of the number of buses and bus maintain activity. At last, the comparison of loading factor was given to support the empirical study.

Keywords: Bus schedule; First-come-first-service (FCFS); Flexibility; Queue (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40063-6_100

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