A model for the fleet sizing of demand responsive transportation services with time windows

摘要: We study the problem of determining number vehicles needed to provide a demand responsive transit service with predetermined quality for user in terms waiting time at stops and maximum allowed detour. propose probabilistic model that requires only knowledge distribution over area windows associated pickup delivery nodes. This methodology can be much more effective straightforward compared simulation approach whenever detailed data on patterns are not available. Computational results under fairly broad range test problems show our an estimation required size fleet several different scenarios.