Distributed architecture for real-time coordination of bus holding in transit networks Academic Article

abstract

• A distributed control approach based on multiagent negotiation is presented, wherein stops and buses act as agents that communicate in real-time to achieve dynamic coordination of bus dispatching at various stops. The negotiation between a Bus Agent and a Stop Agent is conducted based on marginal cost calculations. We present optimality conditions for the formulated problem, using a negotiation algorithm, which we derive, to coordinate bus holding at various stops. A comparison between the negotiation algorithm and other simple bus control strategies such as on-schedule and even-headway strategies made through simulations verifies the robustness and efficiency of our negotiation strategy to different transit environments, involving both stationary passenger arrivals as well as a variety of nonstationary passenger arrivals. 2003 IEEE.

authors

• Bukkapatnam, Satish

published proceedings

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

author list (cited authors)

• Zhao, J. M., Bukkapatnam, S., & Dessouky, M. M.

citation count

• 70

complete list of authors

• Zhao, JM||Bukkapatnam, S||Dessouky, MM

publication date

• March 2003

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems  Journal

keywords

• Distributed System
• Negotiation
• Transit Control

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/TITS.2003.809769

start page

• 43

end page

• 51

volume

• 4

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tits.2003.809769