OPTIMAL COST FUNCTION OF AN INTERCITY BUS TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Abstract

te a mat deal of . yam*nts need in the last one decade. the traffic condition in the C Delhi metropolitan city has beoos I creme.. .y serious as the urban population and the number of busea having increased rapidly alongwith the conomic development, The urban settlement pattern has also changed alone with the rapid urbanisation resulting In the ever increased inadequacyL in the number of buses operated on different regional network syet.a optimal solution that minimisee the operating cost of bus system utilizing the available fleCt of bust$ from the bus tsriitinous is needed. The present allocation of Buse* for different routes from the Delhi Inter state Bus Terminal. has been studied and optimal distribution of the buses has been frniabed by Lisar Programming t.chniq o minimising the total cost of err ai fiM one of the system, The study haø Included all the major routes originating from the Inter state Bus Terminal and fisher work can be done asking use of the above technique to include all the branches of the major motes,*