preferred departure time
The target time for the passenger to depart. Is within the departure time window. In trips with more rigidity surrounding the departure time (i.e. commuting home from work), the preferred departure time is often used for finding a forward shortest path to the destination.
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arrival time window
A timeframe within which all paths that the passenger considers must arrive at the destination
departure time window
A timeframe within which all paths that passenger considers must depart the origin.
joint person tour
A person tour where one or more person trips is taken jointly with another person.
joint person trip
A person trip that undertaken with another person.
person-trips
A list of person trips with information required to assign them to vehicles.
person tour
a series of chained person trips that emanate from a base location such as home or workplace.
person trip
Travel from an origin to a destination by a single person.
preferred arrival time
The target time for the passenger to arrive. Is within the arrival time window. In trips with more rigidity surrounding the arrival time (i.e. commutes to work), the preferred arrival time is often used for finding a backwards shortest path to the origin.
joint person trip
A person trip that undertaken with another person.
value of time
The tradeoff between time and money, usually in units of dollars per hour.
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