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[147] Demand-adjusted Public Transit System based on a Scheduling Model that considers Repeated Behavior
Keywords:Demand Responsive Transport, Activity Model, Reservation System, Online-DARP
Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) is expected to be an efficient public transportation system in depopulated and aging mountainous regions. DRT should match the low-frequency travel demand associated with atypical activities, but they are difficult to predict and accommodate. In this study, we propose a recursive scheduling model that incorporates day-to-day changes in daily activity needs and an algorithm that adjusts reservations based on the model score instead of first in first serve principle. The algorithm was implemented using a path enumeration indexing technique with zero-suppressed binary decision graphs to accommodate the iterative computational costs associated with reservation adjustment.Empirical analysis shows that our proposal effectively predicts and matches infrequent demand and improves overall service levels.