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Management of Dynamic Vehicle Allocation for Carsharing Systems: Stochastic Programming Approach

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01474927

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Abstract:

Carsharing offers innovative mobility solutions and has been gaining popularity around the world as an environmentally sustainable, socially responsible, and economically feasible form of mobility. Carsharing allows members to benefit from private vehicle use without the costs and responsibilities of ownership and provides individuals with access to a fleet of shared-use vehicles in a network of locations on a short-term, as-needed basis. This paper seeks to develop a stochastic optimization framework to address the dynamic vehicle allocation problem for carsharing systems, in which the service operator needs to manage and determine the optimal vehicle allocation in both time and space to maximize profits. A multistage stochastic linear programming model with recourse, which can account for system uncertainties such as carsharing demand variation, is formulated and solved. Numerical results are discussed and computational insights are presented on the basis of a seven-stage experimental network pilot study.

Monograph Accession #:

01495451

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-0324

Language:

English

Authors:

Fan, Wei (David)

Pagination:

pp 51–58

Publication Date:

2013

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Issue Number: 2359
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

9780309286770

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (2) ; References (34) ; Tables (1)

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Policy; Public Transportation; I71: Traffic Theory

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:12PM

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