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Record Nr.

UNINA9910377823303321

Autore

Brinkmann Jan

Titolo

Active Balancing of Bike Sharing Systems [[electronic resource] /] / by Jan Brinkmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-35012-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 184 p. 48 illus., 1 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mobility, , 2196-5544

Disciplina

388.3472

Soggetti

Transportation engineering

Traffic engineering

Control engineering

Operations research

Decision making

Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering

Control and Systems Theory

Operations Research/Decision Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Bike Sharing Systems -- Optimization Problems -- Dynamic Decision Making -- The Stochastic-Dynamic Multi-Vehicle Inventory Routing Problem for Bike Sharing Systems -- Lookahead Policies -- Dynamic Lookahead Horizons -- Case Studies -- Managerial Implications -- Future Research.

Sommario/riassunto

This book reports on an operational management approach to improving bike-sharing systems by compensating for fluctuating demand patterns. The aim is to redistribute bikes within the system, allowing it to be “actively” balanced. The book describes a mathematical model, as well as data-driven and simulation-based approaches. Further, it shows how these elements can be combined in a decision-making support system for service providers. In closing, the book uses real-world data to evaluate the method developed and demonstrates that it can successfully anticipate changes in demand, thus supporting efficient scheduling of transport vehicles to manually



relocate bikes between stations.