A Multi-Period Network Design Problem: Model and Solution Techniques

Author(s):  
Åsa Hallefjord
Author(s):  
Christina Iliopoulou ◽  
Ioannis Tassopoulos ◽  
Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou ◽  
Grigorios Beligiannis

Electric buses have long been recognized as a promising direction for offering sustainable public transportation services. While range and battery performance constraints have hindered the widespread adoption of electric buses in the past, technological advances make them a prominent and attractive option for public transportation in the future. Still, operational constraints and the need for additional (charging) infrastructure highlight the need for introducing appropriate decision-making tools, tailor-made for supporting the design of transit networks operated by electric buses. This paper focuses on developing and testing a comprehensive route design model for the case of a transit network, operated exclusively by an electric bus fleet (Electric Transit Route Network Design Problem—E-TRNDP). The model is formulated as a bi-level optimization problem, which attempts to jointly design efficient transit routes and locate required charging infrastructure. A multi-objective, particle swarm optimization algorithm, coupled with a mixed linear—integer programming model is used to solve the model. An existing benchmark network is used as a test-bed for the proposed model and solution process; results illustrate that the proposed model and solution method yield realistic design outcomes in an acceptable time frame.


Networks ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Rodríguez-Martín ◽  
Juan-José Salazar-González ◽  
Hande Yaman

Networks ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vardges Melkonian ◽  
�va Tardos

1979 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
George B. Dantzig ◽  
Roy P. Harvey ◽  
Zachary F. Lansdowne ◽  
David W. Robinson ◽  
Steven F. Maier

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