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Self-Organized Bike Redistribution in Urban City
Shenzhen Foreign Languages School, Shenzhen, China
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American Journal of Operations Research·Volume 08 (2018)·Pages 386–394·Published 4 September 2018·DOI10.4236/ajor.2018.85022
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Abstract
Bicycle is an affordable and environmental friendly alternative to private cars and public transportation. Recently, some big cities in China established the bike-sharing system (BSS) through which people can rent bikes offered by government or commercial companies. However, due to limited parking space, it is often difficult for bikers to park their bicycles in bike stations. This paper envisions approaching this problem by using a self-organized bike redistribution strategy: as time passes by, bike society will form an equilibrium state of bike redistribution.
KeywordsBike-Sharing SystemSelf-OrganizationBike DistributionMulti-Agent System
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