Research Article

A Data-Driven Urban Metro Management Approach for Crowd Density Control

Table 1

Parameter and variable notations.

ParametersDescription

, Index of urban metro stations
Index of trains
Index of urban metro lines
Index of time windows
Set of alternative stations
Set of ordinary stations
Crowding station
The number of passengers boarding train at station and alighting the train at station
The arriving rate of passengers at station , whose destination is station
Train travel time between station and station
Walking time from station to station
Dwell time of a train at a station
Headway between consecutive trains of a line
The area of the crowd gathering place
Area of the roads connecting the alternative station and the crowding station ,
Safety threshold of crowd density and pedestrian density
VariablesDescription
The binary variable that determines whether train stops at station (i.e., if , train stops at station , otherwise if train skips station )
The number of passengers skipped by train but waiting for the next train that stops at both station and station
The number of passengers skipped by previous trains who intend to board train at station and alight at station
The number of passengers boarding train at station
The number of passengers alighting train at station
The number of passengers skipped by train , who intend to walk from station to station
The number of passengers walking on the roads connecting alternative station and the crowding station during time window ,
Arrival time of train at station
Departure time of train at station
Number of passengers at the crowd gathering place during time window
Increase of the number of passengers at the crowd gathering place during time window
Crowd density at the crowd gathering place during time window
Pedestrian density on the roads connecting alternative station and the crowding station during time window ,