Title :
Balancing dynamic bike-sharing systems: A Petri nets with variable arc weights based approach
Author :
Benarbia, Taha ; Labadi, Karim ; Omari, Abdoulghafar ; Barbot, Jean Pierre
Author_Institution :
USTO, Oran, Algeria
Abstract :
A crucial factor for the success of bike sharing system is its ability to ensure that bicycles are available for pick up and vacant berths available for bicycle drop off at every station. This paper deals with an original modelling approach of bike-sharing systems including their repositioning activities by using Petri nets with variable arc weights.
Keywords :
Petri nets; transportation; Petri nets; bicycle drop off; dynamic bike-sharing systems balancing; variable arc weights; Analytical models; Bicycles; Firing; Mathematical model; Petri nets; Silicon; Petri nets; bike-sharing systems; control; modelling; repositionning activities;
Conference_Titel :
Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hammamet
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5547-6
DOI :
10.1109/CoDIT.2013.6689529