Research Article

Optimization Problem of Pricing and Seat Allocation Based on Bilevel Multifollower Programming in High-Speed Railway

Table 2

Parameters and decision variables.

NotationsMeaning

A HSR line
The number of stations on line
An OD (the origin is station and the destination is station )
The set of train services on line
The set of ODs on line
The set of trains serving OD
A train service
The train seat capacity of train
The number of stop stations of train
The segment between two adjacent stop stations
A product (a transportation service from to provided by train )
The number of divided periods
The number of allocated seats in period for product
The th booking period
The number of allocated seats for product
Full price
The lower bound of the price
The upper bound of the price
The price in period for product
The average price for product
The total revenue
The generalized travel cost of the passenger
Travel time for product
The time value of passenger
The average generalized travel cost of passengers for OD in period
The initial average generalized travel cost
The initial travel demand corresponding to
The price elastic parameter of passenger demand in period
The passenger travel demand for OD in period