Development of bus intelligent dispatching system based on reinforcement learning

The Bus Intelligent Dispatching System (BIDS) is established according to the status of bus operating including vehicle location and number of passengers, making the best use of Reinforcement Learning (RL). The information about vehicle location can be got by Global Position System (GPS) receivers installed on buses. The infrared beams on buses can get the number of passengers on buses. We use a team of RL agents, each of which is responsible for controlling one route. Finally, the developed algorithm is implemented with ten bus routes of Guangzhou City. The results demonstrate the power of RL on bus dispatching problem.