Simulation-based robust optimization for the schedule of single-direction bus transit route: The design of experiment

Authors

Wei Zhang
Wangtu (Ato) Xu

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2017

Subject Area

mode - bus, operations - performance, operations - scheduling

Keywords

Transportation, Transit schedule, Robust optimization, Kriging metamodel, Design of experiment, Taguchi design

Abstract

In this paper, the design of experiment (DOE) technique is used to formulate the robust schedule for the single-direction transit route. Factors affecting transit schedule performance are classified into two categories: the controllable and the uncontrollable. With Taguchi design method, these two types of factors are crossed mutually to carry out the Monte Carlo simulation to obtain the expected and variance values of the total schedule deviation. Next, two Kriging metamodels are fitted to describe relationships between controllable factors and the total transit schedule deviation. Based on these Kriging metamodels, the Pareto-optimal solution of the robust transit schedule is obtained.

Rights

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Recommended Citation

Zhang, W., & Xu, W. (2017). Simulation-based robust optimization for the schedule of single-direction bus transit route: The design of experiment. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 106, pp. 203-230.