Abstract: This paper presents a vehicle dispatching procedure designed to minimize empty vehicle travel and idle time for a demand‐responsive transportation system. The method schedules the empty vehicle assignment between passenger ...

Abstract: This paper examines the nature of uncertainty present in transport planning and explores appropriate mathematical treatment. Two types of uncertainty are dealt with: vagueness and ambiguity. The former refers to the ...

Abstract: This paper offers an addition to a family of previously proposed vehicle‐scheduling models for a demand‐responsive transportation system. The assumed operating environment consists of many‐to‐many travel demand, multi‐vehicle, ...

Abstract: A scheduling algorithm for the time‐window‐based, many‐to‐many, dial‐a‐ride problem is presented. The algorithm is based on two steps: developing the initial route and inserting leftover trips. These two steps are applied ...

Abstract: Auto manufacturers have begun to market an adaptive cruise control system (ACCS) as an option that promotes driver safety. This paper examines how the presence of vehicles equipped with ACCS affects stability and safety ...

Abstract: Aggregate blending is a process that blends available aggregates to create a blend that meets gradation specifications while minimizing the unit cost of the blend. Today’s aggregate blending process is a multiobjective ...

Abstract: The transverse motion of a saw-wire affects the cutting surface geometry in wire-saw slicing. To evaluate the magnitude of the wire transverse motion under no-slurry and no-workpiece conditions, ...