A simulation analysis of demand and fleet size effects on taxicab service rates

Authors:
William A. Bailey, Jr.;Thomas D. Clark, Jr.
Affiliations:
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC;The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Venue:
WSC '87 Proceedings of the 19th conference on Winter simulation
Year:
1987

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Abstract

The research presented in this paper was directed at understanding the dynamic interaction between demand, service rate, and policy alternatives in a typical urban taxi system. The general nature of such systems is discussed and a SLAM II simulation model of the system introduced. A series of experiments with the model indicate that customer waiting time is relatively insensitive to changes in demand but highly sensitive to changes in the number of taxi cabs.