Dynamic Autonomous Minibus Scheduling for Personalized Travel Demand

Abstract:

Based on a survey of personalized travel demands， three key types of demands were identified， i.e.， access to ride resources， willingness to carpool， and travel efficiency. Building on these findings， a personalized demand-oriented autonomous microbus service model， featuring reservation+real-time ride+non-fixed station， was proposed. Then， a dynamic scheduling model and a corresponding solution algorithm were developed. A case study based on a real-world road network and a random order test set demonstrated that， under identical order demand conditions， providing wheelchair-accessible spaces and offering non-shared ride services can significantly improve the order service rate and social equity，but albeit at an increased system cost.