Dynamic Autonomous Minibus Scheduling for Personalized Travel Demand
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.