Fare Planning for Public Transport
Please always quote using this URN:urn:nbn:de:0296-matheon-2388
- In this paper we introduce the fare planning problem for public transport which consists in designing a system of fares maximizing revenue. We propose a new simple general model for this problem. It is based on a demand function and constraints for the different fares. The constraints define the structure of the fare system, e.g., distance dependent fares or zone fares. We discuss a simple example with a quadratic demand function and distance dependent fares. Then we introduce a more realistic discrete choice model in which passengers choose between different alternatives depending on the number of trips per month. We demonstrate the examples by computational experiments.
| Author: | Ralf Borndörfer, Marika Neumann, Marc E. Pfetsch |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:0296-matheon-2388 |
| Referee: | Martin Grötschel |
| Document Type: | Preprint, Research Center Matheon |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first Publication: | 2005/03/28 |
| Release Date: | 2005/03/23 |
| Institute: | Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) |
| Preprint Number: | 232 |
