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Duty scheduling templates

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We propose duty templates as a novel concept to produce similar duty schedules for similar days of operation in public transit. Duty templates can conveniently handle various types of similarity requirements, and they can be implemented with ease using standard algorithmic techniques. They have produced good results in practice.

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We thank two anonymous referees for helpful comments and suggestions that improved the presentation of this paper.

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  1. Zuse Institute Berlin, Takustr. 7, 14195, Berlin, Germany

    Ralf Borndörfer, Andreas Löbel, Christof Schulz & Steffen Weider

  2. Dres. Löbel, Borndörfer & Weider GbR, Churer Zeile 15, 12205, Berlin, Germany

    Ralf Borndörfer, Andreas Löbel, Christof Schulz & Steffen Weider

  3. IVU Traffic Technologies AG, Bundesallee 88, 12161, Berlin, Germany

    Andreas Langenhan

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Borndörfer, R., Langenhan, A., Löbel, A. et al. Duty scheduling templates. Public Transp 5, 41–51 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-013-0064-x

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