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 …

Transfer-based customized modular bus system design with passenger-route assignment optimization

M Gong, Y Hu, Z Chen, X Li - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Customized bus (CB) is an increasingly popular mode of transportation in many cities
around the world. However, studies on CB network design have mostly overlooked three …

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 …

Complete hierarchical multi-objective genetic algorithm for transit network design problem

M Owais, MK Osman - Expert Systems with Applications, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Transit Network Design Problem is a multi-disciplinary problem that is considered
one of the most intractable problems for real size networks. In the late 90s, Meta-heuristics …

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 …

A cost-minimization model for bus fleet allocation featuring the tactical generation of short-turning and interlining options

K Gkiotsalitis, Z Wu, O Cats - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban public transport operations in peak periods are characterized by highly uneven
demand distributions and scarcity of resources. In this work, we propose a rule-based …

[HTML][HTML] A differential evolution for simultaneous transit network design and frequency setting problem

AT Buba, LS Lee - Expert Systems with Applications, 2018 - Elsevier
The urban transit network design problem (UTNDP) is concerned with the development of a
set of transit routes and corresponding schedules on an existing road network with known …

A Reinforcement Learning approach for bus network design and frequency setting optimisation

S Yoo, JB Lee, H Han - Public Transport, 2023 - Springer
This paper proposes a new approach to solve the problem of bus network design and
frequency setting (BNDFS). Transit network design must satisfy the needs of both service …