DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF SCHEDULING ON AUTOMATED AUTOMOBILE GUIDEWAY UTILIZATION

This paper develops an analytic approach for measuring the effect of vehicle scheduling and of metering methods required to balance entrance rates among stations on lane capacity utilization of automated automobile guideways. The scheduling process at each entrance is represented by a probabilistic model which generates a system of nonlinear equations. The solution of this system yields the maximum steady state input rates at the entrances to the guideway system. The method developed is applicable to network configurations in which a small number of merges must be scheduled for each vehicle before it enters the guideway. It is demonstrated by application to a corridor guideway serving a major activity center during peak inbound demand, and also it is shown how the approach may be extended to more complex networks.

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Authors:
- Tobin, R L
Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

Features: References;
Pagination: p. 215-223
Serial:
- Transportation Planning and Technology
- Volume: 3
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- ISSN: 0308-1060
- Serial URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03081060.html

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Automobiles; Guideways; Highway traffic control; Highway transportation; Management; Mathematical models; Nonlinear equations; Probability; Probability theory; Scheduling; Traffic control; Transportation
Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Probabilistic models
Old TRIS Terms: Automated transit system; Metering
Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00158335
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: Engineering Index
Files: TRIS
Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM