Optimal Design of the Feeder-Bus Network Based on the Transfer System

Table 3

Comparison of the best solutions.

Solution approaches	Total cost ($)	Route no.	Average length per route (miles)	Average frequency per route (trips/hour)	Average computational time (seconds)
Saving heuristics [6]	6824	16	1.05	21.06	—
Displacement heuristics [14]	6363	18	0.84	22.54	—
Basic TS [14]	6355	18	0.85	22.18	—
TS with intensification [16]	6371	19	0.80	22.76	13.8
GA (in this paper)	6281	15	1.01	22.01	21.6