Research Article

Dynamic Optimization of Bus Line Schedule in Commuter Corridor Based on Bus IC Card Data

Table 1

Problem-solving framework.

StepsMain work

Eliminating useless data of IC CardData preprocessing
Determining peak and off-peak periodsDetermining the optimization period
Extracting card swiping time data and analyzing passenger flow characteristics of card swiping time data and bus running speedKey factor analysis
Weighting design under different decision preferences of optimization of departure schedule by GAModel solving
Comparison between the optimized and original departure timetableAnalysis