Planning, operation, and control of bus transport systems: A literature review

OJ Ibarra-Rojas, F Delgado, R Giesen… - … Research Part B …, 2015 - Elsevier
The efficiency of a transport system depends on several elements, such as available
technology, governmental policies, the planning process, and control strategies. Indeed, the …

A review of urban transportation network design problems

RZ Farahani, E Miandoabchi, WY Szeto… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of the definitions, classifications, objectives,
constraints, network topology decision variables, and solution methods of the Urban …

Transit network design and scheduling: A global review

V Guihaire, JK Hao - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper presents a global review of the crucial strategic and tactical steps of transit
planning: the design and scheduling of the network. These steps influence directly the …

Transit route network design problem

K Kepaptsoglou, M Karlaftis - Journal of transportation engineering, 2009 - ascelibrary.org
Efficient design of public transportation networks has attracted much interest in the transport
literature and practice, with many models and approaches for formulating the associated …

Transit route and frequency design: Bi-level modeling and hybrid artificial bee colony algorithm approach

WY Szeto, Y Jiang - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a bi-level transit network design problem where the transit routes and
frequency settings are determined simultaneously. The upper-level problem is formulated as …

Efficient transit network design and frequencies setting multi-objective optimization by alternating objective genetic algorithm

RO Arbex, CB da Cunha - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2015 - Elsevier
The multi-objective transit network design and frequency setting problem (TNDFSP) involves
finding a set of routes and their associated frequencies to operate in an urban area public …

Optimal transit route network design problem with variable transit demand: genetic algorithm approach

W Fan, RB Machemehl - Journal of transportation engineering, 2006 - ascelibrary.org
This paper uses a genetic algorithm to systematically examine the underlying characteristics
of the optimal bus transit route network design problem (BTRNDP) with variable transit …

Metaheuristics for the transit route network design problem: a review and comparative analysis

C Iliopoulou, K Kepaptsoglou, E Vlahogianni - Public Transport, 2019 - Springer
This paper critically reviews applications of metaheuristics for solving the Transit Route
Network Design Problem (TRNDP). A structured review is offered and prominent …

Transit network design by bee colony optimization

M Nikolić, D Teodorović - Expert Systems with Applications, 2013 - Elsevier
The transit network design problem is one of the most significant problems faced by transit
operators and city authorities in the world. This transportation planning problem belongs to …

Transit network design by genetic algorithm with elitism

MA Nayeem, MK Rahman, MS Rahman - Transportation Research Part C …, 2014 - Elsevier
The transit network design problem is concerned with the finding of a set of routes with
corresponding schedules for a public transport system. This problem belongs to the class of …