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Railway scheduling and timetabling are common stages in the classical hierarchical railway planning process and they perhaps represent the step with major influence on user's perception about quality of service. This aspect, in conjunction…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-24 David Canca , Eva Barrena , Encarnación Algaba , Alejandro Zarzo

Urban rail transit networks provide critical access to opportunities and livelihood in many urban systems. Ensuring that these services are resilient (that is, exhibiting efficient response to and recovery from disruptions) is a key…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-02-22 Elisa Borowski , Jason Soria , Joseph Schofer , Amanda Stathopoulos

With rapid population growth and urban development, traffic congestion has become an inescapable issue, especially in large cities. Many congestion reduction strategies have been proposed in the past, ranging from roadway extension to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-18 Ali Ghafelebashi , Meisam Razaviyayn , Maged Dessouky

Societal events shape the Internet's behavior. The death of a prominent public figure, a software launch, or a major sports match can trigger sudden demand surges that overwhelm peering points and content delivery networks. Although these…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Jonatan Langlet , Mariano Scazzariello , Flavio Luciani , Marta Burocchi , Dejan Kostić , Marco Chiesa

Mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) is a growing technology that can support the operation of adaptive wireless networks. With the increased demand rate of wireless applications it is useful to have more adaptive and self organizing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-10-20 Biju Issac , Khairuddhin Ab Hamid , C. E. Tan

Public-transit systems face a number of operational challenges: (a) changing ridership patterns requiring optimization of fixed line services, (b) optimizing vehicle-to-trip assignments to reduce maintenance and operation codes, and (c)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-02 Ruixiao Sun , Rongze Gui , Himanshu Neema , Yuche Chen , Juliette Ugirumurera , Joseph Severino , Philip Pugliese , Aron Laszka , Abhishek Dubey

On-demand transport services in the form of dial-a-ride and taxis are crucial parts of the transport infrastructure in all major cities. However, not all on-demand transport services are equal. In particular, not-for-profit dial-a-ride…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-01-08 Malcolm Egan , Michal Jakob

Short-term demand forecasting for on-demand ride-hailing services is one of the fundamental issues in intelligent transportation systems. However, previous travel demand forecasting research predominantly focused on improving prediction…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-13 Yunhan Zheng , Qingyi Wang , Dingyi Zhuang , Shenhao Wang , Jinhua Zhao

Passenger demand forecasting helps optimize vehicle scheduling, thereby improving urban efficiency. Recently, attention-based methods have been used to adequately capture the dynamic nature of spatio-temporal data. However, existing methods…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Haichen Wang , Liu Yang , Xinyuan Zhang , Haomin Yu , Ming Li , Jilin Hu

Conventional urban traffic control systems have been based on historical traffic data. Later advancements made use of detectors, which enabled the gathering of real time traffic data, in order to reorganize and calibrate traffic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-09-22 Kandarp Khandwala , Rudra Sharma , Snehal Rao

The majority of public transport vehicles are fitted with Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) systems generating a continuous stream of data. The availability of this data has led to a substantial body of literature addressing the development…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-04-11 Thilo Reich , Marcin Budka , Derek Robbins , David Hulbert

Traffic congestion at intersections is a significant issue in urban areas, leading to increased commute times, safety hazards, and operational inefficiencies. This study aims to develop a predictive model for congestion at intersections in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Tara Kelly , Jessica Gupta

Accurate arrival time prediction (ATP) of buses and trams plays a crucial role in public transport operations. Current methods focused on modeling one-dimensional temporal information but overlooked the latent periodic information within…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Zirui Li , Patrick Wolf , Meng Wang

In autonomous mobility-on-demand systems, effectively managing vehicle flows to mitigate induced congestion and ensure efficient operations is imperative for system performance and positive customer experience. Against this background, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-25 Antonio Coppola , Gerhard Hiermann , Dario Paccagnan , Maximilian Schiffer

This paper pioneers a nonroutine network traffic prediction (NNTP) method to prospectively provide a theoretical basis for avoiding large-scale network disruption by accurately predicting bursty traffic. Certain events that impact user…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Liangzhi Wang , Haoyuan Zhu , Jiliang Zhang , Zitian Zhang , Jie Zhang

The effectiveness of traditional traffic prediction methods is often extremely limited when forecasting traffic dynamics in early morning. The reason is that traffic can break down drastically during the early morning commute, and the time…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-01-03 Weiran Yao , Sean Qian

Rapid urbanization places increasing stress on already burdened transportation systems, resulting in delays and poor levels of service. Billions of spatiotemporal call detail records (CDRs) collected from mobile devices create new…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-03-05 Jameson L. Toole , Serdar Colak , Fahad Alhasoun , Alexandre Evsukoff , Marta C. Gonzalez

For both investors and policymakers, forecasting the stock market is essential as it serves as an indicator of economic well-being. To this end, we harness the power of social media data, a rich source of public sentiment, to enhance the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Shengkun Wang , YangXiao Bai , Kaiqun Fu , Linhan Wang , Chang-Tien Lu , Taoran Ji

Urban demand forecasting plays a critical role in optimizing routing, dispatching, and congestion management within Intelligent Transportation Systems. By leveraging data fusion and analytics techniques, traffic demand forecasting serves as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Antonios Tziorvas , George S. Theodoropoulos , Yannis Theodoridis

Pedestrian trajectory modelling in an urban complex is challenging because pedestrians can have many possible destinations, such as shops, escalators, and attractions. Moreover, weather and time-of-day may affect pedestrian behavior. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-30 Ho Chun Wu , Esther Hoi Shan Lau , Paul Yuen , Kevin Hung , John Kwok Tai Chui , Andrew Kwok Fai Lui