Title: OPTIMIZING DEPARTURE TIMES AT A TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE TO IMPROVE CONNECTIONS WHEN SERVICES ARE DISRUPTED
Abstract: This paper describes how, when train services are disrupted, it becomes highly probable that passengers wishing to connect to another service at an interchange miss their connections. Action might be taken to avoid this by means of holding a departing train to maintain the connections. However, if there are already a relatively large number of passengers in the departing train and relatively few passengers, then the benefit of maintaining the connection may be less than the disbenefit of delaying the departure of the train. This paper presents a conceptual demonstration of the automatic optimization of departure times of trains when one train arrives late at the interchange, using accumulated travel time increase (total passenger-minutes) as the evaluation to be minimized. The optimization process is demonstrated at some example interchanges using simulations built on the passenger flow model using Coloured Perti Nets.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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