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| Symbol | Meaning | Baseline value |
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| Set of links of route k | — |
| Fixed vehicle operating cost of route k (RMB/min) | 100 |
| Unit vehicle operating cost (RMB/vehicle-min) | 4.0 |
| Variable vehicle operating cost of route k (RMB/seat-min) | 0.2 |
| Operating cost of route k (RMB/min) | — |
| Total waiting cost (RMB/min) | — |
| Total boarding delay cost (RMB/min) | — |
| Total transfer cost (RMB/min) | — |
| Intercycle delay cost (RMB/min) | — |
| Missed-connection cost (RMB/min) | — |
| Dispatching-delay cost (RMB/min) | — |
| Slack-time cost (RMB/min) | — |
| Total cost (RMB/min) in time period | — |
| The lowest total cost (RMB/min) in time period | — |
| Delay cost at signal priority intersection (RMB/min) | — |
| Number of passengers already on board at transfer center m on route k (passengers/min) | — |
| Expected value of route k headway (min) | — |
| Expected travel time on link I (min) | — |
| Expected running time on link i (min) | — |
| Transfer demand from other routes to route k at transfer center m (passengers/min) | — |
| Probability density function of arrival time on route k | — |
| Greatest common divisor of and | — |
| Headway of route k (min) | — |
| Maximum load factor on route k | — |
| Load factor on route k | — |
| Frequency of missing signal priority (buses/hour) | — |
| Demand of route k (passengers/min) | — |
| Transfer demand from route j to k (passenger/min) | — |
| Total transfer demand to route k (passenger/min) | — |
| Vehicle size on route k | — |
| Round-trip time (min) | — |
| Slack time at station m on route k (min) | — |
| Scheduled passenger loading time per station (min) | — |
| Extra passenger loading time per station (min) | — |
| Vehicle delay at signal priority intersection (min) | — |
| Passenger loading time (min) | — |
| Passenger alighting time (min) | — |
| Traffic signal time cycle (min) | — |
| Link travel time (min) | — |
| Delay time at signal priority intersection (min) | — |
| Green light time in a traffic signal cycle (min) | — |
| Duration of time period (min) | — |
| In-vehicle value of time (RMB/passenger-min) | — |
| y | Base cycle (min); value is 1 min, the same as the minimum value of headway in a rail station | — |
| The transfer waiting times between connecting routes j and k (RMB) | — |
| Signal priority indicator (=1 if signal priority provided and 0 otherwise) | — |
| Variance of headway on route k (min2) | — |
| Unit passenger waiting cost (RMB/passenger-min; baseline value is 1.5 RMB/passenger-min) | 1.5 |
| Unit passenger waiting cost (RMB/passenger-min; baseline value is 5.0 RMB/passenger-min) from boarding delay | 5.0 |
| Unit passenger waiting cost (RMB/passenger-min) from missing signal priority intersections | 10,000 |
| Unit passenger loading time (min/passenger) | 0.1 |
| Unit passenger alighting time (min/passenger) | 0.05 |
| Integer multiples of the base cycle | — |
| = 1 if transfer station m is on route k and 0 otherwise | — |
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