Summary of Strategizing Equitable Transit Evacuations: a Data-driven Reinforcement Learning Approach, by Fang Tang et al.
Strategizing Equitable Transit Evacuations: A Data-Driven Reinforcement Learning Approach
by Fang Tang, Han Wang, Maria Laura Delle Monache
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computers and Society (cs.CY); Systems and Control (eess.SY)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a data-driven framework using reinforcement learning to optimize bus-based evacuations, prioritizing both efficiency and equity. The framework models the evacuation problem as a Markov Decision Process solved by reinforcement learning, leveraging real-time transit data from General Transit Feed Specification and transportation networks from OpenStreetMap. The agent dynamically reroutes buses to minimize total passengers’ evacuation time while prioritizing equity-priority communities. Simulations on the San Francisco Bay Area network show significant improvements in efficiency and equitable service distribution compared to traditional methods. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps people evacuate safely during natural disasters by using special computer learning to control buses. It makes sure buses go where they are needed most, making evacuations faster and fairer for everyone. The idea uses real-world data to make decisions, which is important because it can be used in many cities. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Reinforcement learning
