Abstract:Abstract. This paper describes the design of the Bus Timetabling System (BTS) we have developed for one of the largest privately held bus companies in the world. This Bus Company operates close to 3,500 buses and employs over 7,500 bus drivers. The BTS generates a timetable for each bus route using "distributed constraint-based search" (DCBS). The DCBS algorithm combines techniques of constraint programming, heuristic search, with distributed scheduling. This allows multiple types of constraints to be consider… Show more
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