The complexity in transportation systems: the study of a bus loop

• Main Author: Vismara, Luca
• Other Authors: Chew Lock Yue
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mathematics and analysis; Science::Physics; Engineering::Civil engineering::Transportation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/157945
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We present a study of buses serving commuters through bus stops located in a loop as a complex system. We adopt the approaches of mathematical analysis, agent-based simulations, and machine learning in this study. Our aim is to attain bus scheduling configurations that minimise the average waiting t...