Bus Network Modeling Using Ant Algorithms
Sepideh Eshragh, Shahriar Afandizadeh Zargari, Ardeshir Faghri, Earl Rusty Lee
Bus transit network modeling is a complex and combinatorial
problem. The main purpose of this paper is to apply a
contemporary method for designing a bus transit network with
the objective of achieving optimum results. The method is
called Ant Algorithms, a Meta Heuristic method, which has
been applied to optimization problems in transportation with
noticeable success. The description of the algorithm, as well
as the main methodology and computations, is presented in
this paper. Furthermore, a case study using Ant Algorithms
applied to the city of Ghazvin, one of the most important
suburbs of Tehran, Iran, is presented. Full Text
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