| 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.