Research on bus travel decision system based on generalized cost calculation

This paper designed a bus travel decision-making system including two sub-module: bus line querying module and optimal travel program choosing module which based on generalized cost calculation. This system can provide different optimal travel scheme recommendations when the time value of residents, bus travel speed and overcrowding situation are differing during the non-peak time and peak time. The minimum generalized cost is 8.89 yuan for direct program in non-peak time, while 9.57 yuan for transfer program in peak time, so this decision-system can provide optimal travel suggestion under real-time traffic state.