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Title: |
Simulation
Improves University Campuses Bus Service |
Authors: |
Bai
Zou, Xiaofan Hu, Ju Xiong,
Mingdi You, Edward J. Williams |
Published in: |
(2013).ECMS 2013 Proceedings edited
by: W. Rekdalsbakken, R. T. Bye, H. Zhang European Council for Modeling
and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2013 ISBN:
978-0-9564944-6-7 27th
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Aalesund, Norway, May 27th –
30th, 2013 |
Citation
format: |
Bai
Zou, Xiaofan Hu, Ju Xiong,
Mingdi You, Edward J. Williams (2013). Simulation
Improves University Campuses Bus Service,
ECMS 2013 Proceedings edited by: W. Rekdalsbakken, R. T. Bye, H. Zhang, European Council for Modeling
and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2013-0615 |
DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2013-0615 |
Abstract: |
Historically,
discrete-event process simulation was first and most widely used in
manufacturing contexts. As the technology has gradually matured and knowledge
of its benefits has become more widely known, simulation usage has spread to
warehouse design and operation, health-care delivery, retail customer
service, and (as in this paper), the transport of people and/or goods. This
project simulated the Blue Bus system of the University of Michigan. We analyzed
the waiting time of passengers at each stop and the utilization of buses
under two strategies; one is based on the schedule, the other is adding eight
buses of Bursley-Baits during peak time besides the
scheduled shifts which is practical Blue Bus running strategy. Under the two
strategies, we analyzed the different scenarios that number of passengers increases
by some times. We compared these scenarios and found the practical strategy is
more robust when there is a sharp increase of passengers. |
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