Decision Support for Bus Operations in a Mass Transit System*
开发了一个计算机系统，用于公交车的分配、停放和调度，使圣路易斯都市区的每位司机通常每天驾驶同一辆车，结合优化、启发式、经验规则和人工干预来高效管理运营，并记录了系统运行后维护方面的显著改进。
ABSTRACT A computerized system has been developed for assigning, parking, and dispatching buses so that each operator in the St. Louis metropolitan transit system generally drives the same bus each day. Combinations of optimizing routines, mathematical heuristics, decision rules from experienced personnel, and human intervention are used to manage the bus operations efficiently. This paper describes the tools created for this task and documents significant improvements in maintenance that occurred after the system became operational.