Multi-Depot and Multi-School Bus Scheduling Problem with School Bell Time Optimization

Details

• Creators:
  Haghani, Ali ; He, Qinglian
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) ; Urban Mobility & Equity Center ; Morgan State University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Optimization
  • Schedules and scheduling
  • School buses
  • School trips
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UMEC Project 32
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final
• Corporate Publisher:
  Urban Mobility & Equity Center
• Abstract:
  The school bus transportation system is responsible for transporting students to and from schools safely and promptly. This research aims to optimize the school bus schedules and the school bell times simultaneously for improving the efficiency of the school bus system operation. The authors consider the school bus scheduling problem in a multi-depot multi-school bus system and incorporate the bell time optimization to make bus operations more efficient. The authors propose four different methods, including one exact method and three heuristic methods, to solve the Multi-depot and Multi-school Bus Scheduling Problem with School Bell Time Optimization (MDSBSPTW).
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A43551747123
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65521/dot_65521_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.37 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1d825e6b77fb548e01bd6c6d8d7a9dac246f6bcf37a20db8c9dbeca798da078bc306d9cd675a9a39d38632c88f97e99206213d57827be1bc47a4a5b6e46b3d4b