TITLE:
Optimization Model for School Transportation Based on Supply-Demand Analyses
AUTHORS:
Jairo Ortega, János Tóth, Juan Palaguachi, Imad Sabbani
KEYWORDS:
School Transport, Model Optimization, Supply-Demand, Travel to School
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Software Engineering and Applications,
Vol.12 No.6,
June
28,
2019
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a new conception model of school transportation supply-demand ratio (STSDR) in order to define the number of school buses needed in a limited area and to describe the conditions of school transport system. For this purpose, a mathematical equation was elaborated to simulate the real system based on the school transport conditions and on the estimated results of STSDR from 15 zones of Cuenca city in Ecuador. The data used in our model was collected from several diverse sources (i.e. administrative data and survey data). The estimated results have shown that our equation has described efficiently the school transport system by reaching an accuracy of 96%. Therefore, our model is suitable for statistical estimation given adequate data and will be useful in school transport planning policy. Given that, it is a support model for making decisions which seek efficiency in supply and demand balance.