Article ID: | iaor1995657 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 497 |
End Page Number: | 508 |
Publication Date: | May 1994 |
Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
Authors: | Holt J.N., Forbes M.A., Watts A.M., Kilby P.J. |
Keywords: | optimization: simulated annealing, computers |
A software system is described for the dispatching of buses of different types operating by a public transport organization. The system uses simulated annealing to improve the desirability of the total allocation while satisfying a number of ‘hard’ dispatching constraints.