DYNAMICAL MODEL FOR VEHICLE ROUTING IN A TWO-WAY PRT NETWORK

The problem of routing automatically-controlled and guided vehicle through a closed two-way personal rapid transit PRT network is studied. Because of fluctuating passenger demands, a dynamical model is needed to describe the concentration of vehicles in the different network sections. Such a model is derived in this paper. The binary decision to be made at each divert junction is treated as a control variable in the system model. Using a suboptimal strategy to minimize the maximum congestion in the network sections served, the decision is made in a feedback manner based on the average concentrations in the sections. The model was used to study the transient behaviour of flows and concentrations in a simulation of a specific closed two-way PRT network. Some results are presented for this example.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

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  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Cunningham, E P
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 323-328
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research /UK/
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Network analysis; Personal rapid transit
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Operating strategies
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132944
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1982 12:00AM