The on-line vehicle scheduler

Author

Williamson, J.B.

Author_Institution

Bolton Inst. of Higher Educ., UK

fYear

1992

fDate

6-8 Apr 1992

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

53

Abstract

Software developed by the author to support the task of online interactive vehicle scheduling is described. This software has been designed to meet the needs of `Dial-a-Ride´ operations. They develop vehicle schedules interactively to meet users needs which are received over the telephone. The software is operational at Tyne and Wear PTE and an enhanced version is used by Merseyside PTE. The author gives details of the human computer interface which is used and explains the choice of programming language operating system platform. The author continues with the proposed solution to a wider problem-computerised interactive vehicle scheduling for large (>50) vehicle fleets. This solution is based on multi-dimensional indexing techniques

Keywords

human factors; road vehicles; scheduling; traffic computer control; user interfaces; Merseyside PTE; computerised interactive vehicle scheduling; human computer interface; multi-dimensional indexing techniques; online interactive vehicle scheduling; operating system platform; programming language; telephone; users needs; vehicle schedules;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Information-Decision-Action Systems in Complex Organisations, 1992., International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oxford

Print_ISBN

0-85296-541-9

Type

conf

Filename

140384