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International Conference on Smart Vehicular Technology, Transportation, Communication and Applications

VTCA 2018: Advances in Smart Vehicular Technology, Transportation, Communication and Applications pp 386–393Cite as

Passenger Centric Timetable Synchronization in Metro Network

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Abstract

Timetable synchronization is an effective measure to improve the service level of metro network. This paper proposes a timetable synchronization optimization model from the perspective of passengers, what we called Passenger Centric Timetable Synchronization (PCTS) model. The model aims to maximize the satisfaction of passengers by adjusting the departure time, running time, dwelling time and headways for all transfer pairs in the metro network. Genetic algorithm is applied to solve the model. Finally, the timetable of Hangzhou metro network is optimized to verify the effectiveness of the above model. The results show that the PCTS model can be used to improve the satisfaction of passengers in metro network significantly.

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This paper is supported by Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China (LQ18G030012) and Humanities and Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (18YJC630190).

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  1. School of Business Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Yuanyuan Wang

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  1. School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

    Shaoquan Ni

  2. College of Information Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

    Tsu-Yang Wu

  3. School of Transportation, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

    Tang-Hsien Chang

  4. College of Information Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

    Jeng-Shyang Pan

  5. University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Wang, Y. (2019). Passenger Centric Timetable Synchronization in Metro Network. In: Ni, S., Wu, TY., Chang, TH., Pan, JS., Jain, L. (eds) Advances in Smart Vehicular Technology, Transportation, Communication and Applications. VTCA 2018. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 129. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04582-1_45

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