35th Annual Simulation Symposium
Stochastic Optimization in Computing Multiple Headways for a Single Bus Line
San Diego, California
April 14-April 18
ISBN: 0-7695-1552-5
We consider the problem of computing multiple headways for a single bus line to maximize the expected daily profit. The stochastic bus-line model assumes that (1) the passenger arrivals follow a Poisson process with possible reneging; (2) the number of alighting passengers at each stop follows a binomial distribution; and (3) the bus travel time follows a Weibull distribution. The objective function---the expected daily profit, defined as the ticket revenue minus the operating and customer waiting costs---is discontinuous at changes in the bus frequency. For this stochastic optimization problem, we propose a retrospective optimization algorithm that can handle both homogeneous and nonhomogeneous Poisson arrivals. Simulation results are discussed.
Index Terms:
Flexible Tolerance Method, Multiple Headways, Stochastic Optimization, Retrospective Approximation, Retrospective Optimization
Citation:
Huifen Chen, "Stochastic Optimization in Computing Multiple Headways for a Single Bus Line," ss, pp.0316, 35th Annual Simulation Symposium, 2002