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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">109</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">jucs</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0948-695X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">0948-6968</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Journal of Universal Computer Science</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3217/jucs-014-15-2512</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">29163</article-id>
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          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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          <subject>I.2.m - Miscellaneous</subject>
          <subject>I.6.3 - Applications</subject>
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        <article-title>Bus Network Optimization with a Time-Dependent Hybrid Algorithm</article-title>
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          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Olivera</surname>
            <given-names>Ana C.</given-names>
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          <email xlink:type="simple">aco@cs.uns.edu.ar</email>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Frutos</surname>
            <given-names>Mariano</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Carballido</surname>
            <given-names>Jessica A.</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Brignole</surname>
            <given-names>Nélida B.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina</addr-line>
        <institution>Universidad Nacional del Sur</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Bahía Blanca</addr-line>
        <country>Argentina</country>
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      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina</addr-line>
        <institution>Nacional del Sur</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Bahía Blanca</addr-line>
        <country>Argentina</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Ana C. Olivera (<email xlink:type="simple">aco@cs.uns.edu.ar</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
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      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2008</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2008</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>14</volume>
      <issue>15</issue>
      <fpage>2512</fpage>
      <lpage>2531</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/BC95BDE4-10EF-5334-9183-A3A92AEC7DF0">BC95BDE4-10EF-5334-9183-A3A92AEC7DF0</uri>
      <uri content-type="zenodo_dep_id" xlink:href="https://zenodo.org/record/7000428">7000428</uri>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Ana C. Olivera, Mariano Frutos, Jessica A. Carballido, Nélida B. Brignole</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>This paper describes a new hybrid technique that combines a Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP) and a genetic algorithm with simulation features in order to solve the Bus-Network Scheduling Problem (BNSP). The GRASP is used as an initialization method to find the routes between bus stops. T he Genetic Algorithm is used to find the whole configuration of the bus network, together with a simulation tool that finds the values of the environmentally dependent dynamic variables. The new method was tested with an academic case of study, and the results clearly satisfy the requirements of both the transport user and the transport operator.</p>
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