Extracting Railway Passenger Demand Patterns from Origin-Destination Data for Developing Demand-Oriented Service Plans

Train passenger demand fluctuates throughout the day and week and these fluctuations are expected to increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to let train services, such as the line plan and timetable, match this fluctuating demand, insights are needed into how the demand is changing and for which periods the demand is relatively stable....

Improving the Service of E-bike Sharing by Demand Pattern Analysis: A Data-driven Approach

E-bike sharing has gradually gained popularity in recent years, while the research in this field is still quite limited. This study applies data-driven methods, mainly demand pattern analysis, to facilitate the development of operational strategies in a cost-effective and operator-friendly way. Demand pattern is analysed in an innovative spatial...

Exploring Demand Patterns of a Ride-Sourcing Service using Spatial and Temporal Clustering

On-demand transit has become a common mode of transport with ride-sourcing companies like Uber, Lyft, Didi transforming the way we move. With the increase in popularity for such services, the supply needs to adapt according to the demand. For this, the demand needs to analyzed to examine if there are recurrent patterns in them; making it...

Exploring demand patterns of a ride-sourcing service using spatial and temporal clustering

On-demand transport has become a common mode of transport with ride-sourcing companies like Uber, Lyft and Didi transforming the mobility market. Recurrent patterns in prevailing demand patterns can be used by service providers to better anticipate future demand distribution and thus support demand-Anticipatory fleet management strategies. To...

Influence of Households’ Energy Demand Variation on the Performance of Household Sustainable Energy Systems

Dutch households consume 20% of the total energy used in the country and therefore targeted by decision makers to reduce their fossil fuel dependence and carbon emission attributed to them (“Energy mix”, 2007; CBS, 2008.). Different technical systems such as solar panel, micro-Combined Heat and Power (micro-CHP), efficient appliance and bulbs,...