Transfer Robustness Optimization for Urban Rail Transit Timetables
A good timetable is required to not only be efficient, but also yield effectiveness in preventing and counteracting delays. When travelling via urban rail transit networks, transferring passengers may miss their scheduled connecting train because of a feeder train delay that results in them experien...
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| description | A good timetable is required to not only be efficient, but also yield effectiveness in preventing and counteracting delays. When travelling via urban rail transit networks, transferring passengers may miss their scheduled connecting train because of a feeder train delay that results in them experiencing increased travel costs. Considering that running time supplements and transfer buffer times yield different effects on the travel plans of transferring and nontransferring passengers, we formulate an expected extra travel cost (EETC) function to appropriately balance efficiency and robustness, which is then implemented in the construction of a robust transfer optimization model with the objective of minimizing the total EETC. Next, to improve the computational efficiency, we propose an approximate linearization approach for the EETC function and introduce two types of binary variables and auxiliary substitution variables to convert the nonlinear model to a mixed-integer linear model. Experimental results show that our proposed method can yield practically applicable solutions with significant reductions in both EETC and probability of missing a transfer. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b54c4f4b8c754b2f94bc274a68a9d65d2025-08-20T02:23:23ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952018-01-01201810.1155/2018/93542979354297Transfer Robustness Optimization for Urban Rail Transit TimetablesLiqiao Ning0Peng Zhao1Wenkai Xu2Ke Qiao3School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, ChinaA good timetable is required to not only be efficient, but also yield effectiveness in preventing and counteracting delays. When travelling via urban rail transit networks, transferring passengers may miss their scheduled connecting train because of a feeder train delay that results in them experiencing increased travel costs. Considering that running time supplements and transfer buffer times yield different effects on the travel plans of transferring and nontransferring passengers, we formulate an expected extra travel cost (EETC) function to appropriately balance efficiency and robustness, which is then implemented in the construction of a robust transfer optimization model with the objective of minimizing the total EETC. Next, to improve the computational efficiency, we propose an approximate linearization approach for the EETC function and introduce two types of binary variables and auxiliary substitution variables to convert the nonlinear model to a mixed-integer linear model. Experimental results show that our proposed method can yield practically applicable solutions with significant reductions in both EETC and probability of missing a transfer.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9354297 |
| spellingShingle | Liqiao Ning Peng Zhao Wenkai Xu Ke Qiao Transfer Robustness Optimization for Urban Rail Transit Timetables Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | Transfer Robustness Optimization for Urban Rail Transit Timetables |
| title_full | Transfer Robustness Optimization for Urban Rail Transit Timetables |
| title_fullStr | Transfer Robustness Optimization for Urban Rail Transit Timetables |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transfer Robustness Optimization for Urban Rail Transit Timetables |
| title_short | Transfer Robustness Optimization for Urban Rail Transit Timetables |
| title_sort | transfer robustness optimization for urban rail transit timetables |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9354297 |
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