Distributed Architecture for Real-Time Coordination in Transit Networks

The authors present a negotiation-based framework for addressing the real-time coordination of bus holding. In this type of setting, stops and buses act as agents that communicate in real-time to achieve dynamic coordination of bus dispatching at various stops. Through simulations, he framework is compared with other simple bus control strategies. Results indicate that the framework distinguishes itself for its ability to harness real-time information and to make decisions that are directly based on the marginal wait cost.

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  • Metrans Project 00-13
• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Transportation

  New Technology and Research, P.O. Box 942873
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  METRANS Transportation Consortium

  University of Southern California
  Los Angeles, CA  United States 

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

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  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

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• Authors:
  • Bukkapatnam, Satish
  • Dessouky, Maged
  • Zhao, Jiamin
• Publication Date: 2003-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: 34p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced public transportation systems; Bus lines; Bus transit; Bus transit operations; Mathematical models; Real time information; Scheduling; Timetables
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01031870
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/CA/OR-2003/05, METRANS Project 00-13
• Contract Numbers: 65A0047
• Files: CALTRANS, UTC, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 5 2006 7:48AM