SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF A MOBILITY ENTERPRISE SYSTEM OPERATION

Private automobiles are significantly underutilized in the United States. As a measure to improve automotive productivity, a study is underway at Purdue University focused on an innovative idea called "Mobility Enterprise". The enterprise concept is based on better matching one's trip requirements to the vehicle's characteristics. The present paper describes a simulation model developed for studying the operation of a mobility enterprise and evaluating system performance of such an enterprise under various operating options. The model includes an optimization module capable of selecting key decision variables in order to optimize the enterprise system configuration. The model was intended to provide input to an experimental mobility enterprise being launched at Lafayette, Indiana.

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  Institute for Transportation, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Liu, C C
  • Sinha, K C
  • Fricker, J D
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 159-182
• Serial:
  • Journal of Advanced Transportation
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0197-6729
  • EISSN: 2042-3195
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2042-3195
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Mobility; Optimization; Performance; Private enterprise; Productivity; Simulation; Vehicle characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Mobility enterprise
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389987
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• ISBN: J Adv Transp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM