Optimization of Public Bus Scheduling using Real-Time Online Information

Teng Hei Ho, Ke Wang, Man Xu, Chan Tong Lam, Benjamin K. Ng

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Abstract

Due to increasing populations and congested traffics, public transportation arrangements are crucial for smart cities. In this paper, a joint method is proposed to optimize public bus scheduling, using real-time online bus information. Specifically, we first introduce three parameters, i.e., number of buses, number of stops, and dwell time, to be the inputs of the optimization process. Then, K-means clustering and genetic algorithms are used to optimize collaboratively. Different from traditional genetic algorithms, the proposed method can effectively avoid local optimal results. Besides, we propose two metrics to evaluate the system performance. Real-time online data-based experiments show the effectiveness and robustness of our scheme. As a result, the number of buses and operation efficiency can decrease by 28% to 47% and enhance by 3% to 12%, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 24th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, 8th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems, 20th IEEE International Conference on Smart City and 8th IEEE International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud and Big Data Systems and Application, HPCC/DSS/SmartCity/DependSys 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1863-1868
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798350319934
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event24th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, 8th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems, 20th IEEE International Conference on Smart City and 8th IEEE International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud and Big Data Systems and Application, HPCC/DSS/SmartCity/DependSys 2022 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 18 Dec 202220 Dec 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings - 24th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, 8th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems, 20th IEEE International Conference on Smart City and 8th IEEE International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud and Big Data Systems and Application, HPCC/DSS/SmartCity/DependSys 2022

Conference

Conference24th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, 8th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems, 20th IEEE International Conference on Smart City and 8th IEEE International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud and Big Data Systems and Application, HPCC/DSS/SmartCity/DependSys 2022
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period18/12/2220/12/22

Keywords

  • bus scheduling
  • genetic algorithm
  • jointly optimization
  • means clustering

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