Computer-Aided Transit Scheduling: Proceedings, Cambridge, MA, USA, August 1997: 471 (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 471) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3540657754 ISBN 13: 9783540657750

Publisher: Springer, 1999

Synopsis

This proceedings volume consists of papers presented at the Seventh International Workshop on Computer-Aided Scheduling of Pllblic Transport, which was held at th th the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from August 5 to 8 , 1997. In the tradition of alternating Workshops between North American and Europe - Chicago (1975), Leeds (1980), Montreal (1983), Hamburg (1986), Montreal (1990), and Lisbon (1993), Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA) was selected for the Workshop in 1997. As in earlier workshops, the central theme dealt with vehicle and crew scheduling problems and the development of software systems incorporating operations research techniques for operational planning in public transport. However, following the trend that started in Hamburg in 1987, the scope of this Workshop was broadened to include topics in related fields. Two trends underlie this. First, the recognition that the core scheduling issues in public transport have important common elements with other application areas in which extensive work is also underway, and that it is vital to learn from these other initiatives. Second, while scheduling is indeed a core problem in public transport planning, and has shown the first and greatest benefits from computer application, it is intimately related to the preceding tasks in the planning hierarchy, such as service design, and the following tasks such as operations control and public information.

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Computer-aided Transit Scheduling Consists of papers presented at an International Workshop on Computer Aided Scheduling of Public Transport, held in Massachusetts in 1997. It reflects the greater roles played by computers in the full spectrum of scheduling problems, and societal demand for greater access to public transport.

Synopsis

This book consists of papers presented at an International workshop on Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport, held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1997. This Workshop series has focused on vehicle and crew scheduling problems, and the development of software systems incorporating operations research techniques for operational planning in public transport. More recently, the scope of topics has broadened to reflect the greater roles played by computers in the full spectrum of scheduling problems, and societal demand for greater access to public transport. Accordingly several papers are included on demand-responsive systems, service design, operations control, and automatic public information systems. It is clear that the the state-of-the-art in software, hardware, and operations research will continue to advance at a rapid rate, dealing with the expanded, complex problems of planning and operational control in public transport, as they relate to scheduling.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540657754
• ISBN 13: 9783540657750
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 475
• Editor: Wilson Nigel H.M.