Fare inspection patrols scheduling in transit systems using a Stackelberg game approach

Authors

L. Brotcorne
P. Escalona
B. Fortz
M. Labbé

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2021

Subject Area

planning - methods, policy - fares, ridership - behaviour

Keywords

Fare inspection scheduling, Stackelberg game, Proof-of-payment transit systems

Abstract

This study analyzes the scheduling of unpredictable fare inspections in proof-of-payment transit systems, where the transit operator chooses a collection of patrol paths (one for each patrol) every day with some probability in order to avoid any regularity that could be exploited by opportunistic passengers. We use a Stackelberg game approach to represent the hierarchical decision-making process between the transit operator and opportunistic passengers, whose decision on whether to evade the fare depends on the inspection probabilities set by the transit operator. Unlike previous work, we use an exact formulation of the inspection probabilities that allows us to develop new heuristics for the fare inspection scheduling problem, and to assess their solution quality in terms of their optimality gap.

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

Comments

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01912615

Recommended Citation

Brotcorne, L., Escalona, P., Fortz, B., & Labbé, M. (2021). Fare inspection patrols scheduling in transit systems using a Stackelberg game approach. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Vol. 154, pp. 1-20.