Project heads:
Prof. Dr. Ralf Borndörfer
/
Dr. Marika Karbstein
Project members:
Heide Hoppmann
Duration: -
Status:
completed
Located at:
Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin
Description
The strategic planning process in public transport is usually divided into consecutive planning steps - network design, line planning, and timetabling. In line planning, one has to find a set of lines defined by their paths and frequencies in a public transportation network such that a given travel demand can be routed. The task of timetabling is to schedule the trips of each line, i.e., by determining periodic arrival and departure times at their stations. The goal of each planning step is to provide a transportation system that is both attractive for passengers and can be operated economically. Integrating passenger behaviour is a major challenge in infrastructure design optimization.
The aim of this project is the adequate treatment of passenger routing in optimization models for public transport. We want to extend our existing theoretic and algorithmic base in line planning and timetabling by (advanced) passenger routing methods in order to construct efficiently solvable integrated models.
Project Webpage
http://www.zib.de/projects/infrastructure-design-and-passenger-behaviour-public-transport
