A max-plus algebraic model of bus bunching and control strategies

Šfiligoj, Tina (avtor), Peperko, Aljoša (avtor)

Disruptions in bus public transport systems, such as congestion, varying demands etc. lead to deviations from timetables in bus headways. An often occurring and problematic phenomenon is bus bunching, where several buses on the same route arrive at a stop at the same time and there are large headways between separate bunches. Thus the bus arrival frequency is effectively diminished and travel time is prolonged, including waiting time and in-vehicle time, which has considerable negative impact on system reliability. In order to improve service performance in terms of travel times and predictable bus arrival frequencies, bus holding strategies need to be employed. We propose a max-plus algebraic approach to modelling bus dynamics and the occurrence of bus bunching. The model is used to propose a bus holding strategy. Numerical results are presented for a simulation of a high-frequency route in a small artificial bus public transport network.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: max-plus algebra, bus bunching, bus holding, bus service reliability
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.08 - Objavljeni znanstveni prispevek na konferenci
• Organizacija: FPP - Fakulteta za pomorstvo in promet ; FS - Fakulteta za strojništvo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: Str. 88-94
• Številčenje: Vol. 83
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-176502
• UDK: 512:656.1
• ISSN pri članku: 2352-1465
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2025.02.013
• COBISS.SI-ID: 232190211
• Datum objave v RUL: 02.12.2025

Gradivo je del zbornika

• Naslov: 21st International conference on transport science (ICTS 2024)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 230609155

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Transportation research procedia
• Založnik: Elsevier
• ISSN: 2352-1465
• COBISS.SI-ID: 520396313

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
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Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: algebra, avtobusni prevozi, projekti, zanesljivost

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P1-0222
• Naslov: Algebra, teorija operatorjev in finančna matematika