A Geo-Aware and VRP-Based Public Bicycle Redistribution System
Joint Authors
Source
International Journal of Vehicular Technology
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-12-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Telecommunications Engineering
Electronic engineering
Abstract EN
Public Bicycle System (PBS) has been developed for short-distance transportation as a part of the mass transportation system.
The supply and demand of bikes in PBS is usually unbalanced at different stations and needs to be continuously and widely monitored and redistributed.
The bicycle redistribution is a part of the vehicle routing problem (VRP).
We can apply solutions to the VRP to redistribute bicycle efficiently.
However, most solutions to the VRP use the Euclidean distance as the condition factor, which does not take road conditions, traffic regulations, and geographical factors into account, resulting in unnecessary waste of delivery time and human resources.
In this work, we propose an actual path distance optimization method for the VRP to adapt the several additional constraints of road problems.
We also implement a system that integrates real-time station information, Web GIS, the urban road network, and heuristics algorithms for PBS.
The system includes a simulator inside that can assist PBS managers to do the route planning efficiently and find the best scheduling strategy to achieve hotspot analysis and the adjustment of station deployment strategies to reduce PBS operation cost.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lin, J. H.& Chou, T. C.. 2012. A Geo-Aware and VRP-Based Public Bicycle Redistribution System. International Journal of Vehicular Technology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-511858
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lin, J. H.& Chou, T. C.. A Geo-Aware and VRP-Based Public Bicycle Redistribution System. International Journal of Vehicular Technology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-511858
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lin, J. H.& Chou, T. C.. A Geo-Aware and VRP-Based Public Bicycle Redistribution System. International Journal of Vehicular Technology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-511858
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-511858