Power quality monitors (PQM) are required to be installed in a power supply network in order to assess power quality (PQ) disturbances such as voltage sags. However, with few PQMs installation, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact location of voltage sag. This paper proposes a new method for identifying the voltage sag source location by using the artificial neural network (ANN). Radial basis ...

In the urban areas, public transport service interacts with the private mobility. Moreover, on each link of the urban public transport network, the bus speed is affected by a high variability over time. It depends on the congestion level and the presence of bus way or no. The scheduling reliability of the public transport service is crucial to increase attractiveness against private car use. A ...

This research is motivated by a real-life school bus routing problem (SBRP). In the Flemish region (Belgium), transport of children to their school is organized by the Flemish transportation company. Each pupil having the right to be transported to its school, also has the right to a bus stop located at a distance less than 750 metres from its residence. To efficiently design the routes, a set ...

this research presents and solves a new mathematical model for school bus routing problem (sbrp). sbrp is a specific case of vehicle routing problem (vrp). despite prevalent models, this model includes location and routing simultaneously. besides, the vehicles are non-homogenous. in addition, instead of locating schools which are the depots, we consider locating bus stops that are mentioned &ap...

Bctusbdu ̋In this paper we want to minimize passengers waiting times at the bus stops by making buses wait at a stop. We compare a simple rule based approach to a MonteCarlo method for this problem. When allocated enough time, the Monte-Carlo method gives better results. If the passengers arrivals and the bus travel times are known, the best algorithm is nested Monte-Carlo search with memorizati...

The maximal rates that buses can discharge from bus stops are examined. Models were developed to estimate these capacities for curbside stops that are isolated from the effects of traffic signals. The estimates account for key features of the stops, including their target service levels assigned to them by a transit agency. Among other things, the models predict that adding bus berths to a stop...