A framework for developing a daily activity and multimodal travel planner

There is a need to further explore ways to use Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) to encourage transit and ridesharing. One mechanism is to provide convenient travel itinerary information, not just for one trip, but for a day’s travel. The formulation should consider time constraints, acti...

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Published inInternational transactions in operational research Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 107 - 121
Main Authors Vaughn, Kenneth M., Abdel-Aty, Mohamed A., Kitamura, Ryuichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Science 1999
Subjects
Activity scheduling
ATIS
Multimodal travel
Traveling salesman problem
Vehicle routing
ATIS
Vehicle routing
Activity scheduling
Traveling salesman problem
Multimodal travel
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Summary:There is a need to further explore ways to use Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) to encourage transit and ridesharing. One mechanism is to provide convenient travel itinerary information, not just for one trip, but for a day’s travel. The formulation should consider time constraints, activity needs, real transit service parameters and the actual street system. Basic algorithmic development is needed to spur the private sector interest in such a product by demonstrating its utility. The activity travel planner will aid its user in planning his daily itinerary by arranging the sequence of stops, suggesting and possibly selecting stop locations, providing transit route and schedule information, and suggesting travel routes. This paper develops a framework for solving the Travel Itinerary Planning Problem (TIPP) which is a variant of the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). Implementation of the solution algorithm would be used to develop and test a prototype for an activity and travel planner.
ISSN:0969-6016
1475-3995
DOI:10.1016/S0969-6016(98)00052-5