Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

An information processing method comprising:

• acquiring, with respect to a first route including a plurality of first stop positions in which one of the first stop positions is a first transfer position, one or more pieces of first train line information each including at least one of a stop time and a departure time at the first stop positions of at least one first moving vehicle,
• acquiring route information of a second route that includes a plurality of second stop positions, one of the second stop positions being a second transfer position that allows a transfer to or from the first transfer position;
• acquiring number-of-passengers information on a number of passengers who transfer from the first transfer position to the second transfer position or from the second transfer position to the first transfer position, the number-of-passengers information being classified by at least one of time slot or the first train line information;
• creating, based on the one or more pieces of first train line information, the route information and the number-of-passengers information, a plurality of candidate train lines each including a stop time and a departure time at the second stop positions of at least one of second moving vehicles;
• optimizing or quasi-optimizing an evaluation index regarding a total amount of waiting time for passengers in case of a transfer between the first and second transfer positions under a constraint condition on a number of the second moving vehicles available for use on the second route;
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• selecting one or more pieces of second train line information from among the plurality of candidate train lines based on the optimized or quasi-optimized evaluation index.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program stored therein which causes a computer to perform processes comprising:

• acquiring, with respect to a first route including a plurality of first stop positions in which one of the first stop positions is a first transfer position, one or more pieces of first train line information each including at least one of a stop time and a departure time at the first stop positions of at least one first moving vehicle,
• acquiring route information of a second route that includes a plurality of second stop positions, one of the second stop positions being a second transfer position that allows a transfer to or from the first transfer position;
• acquiring number-of-passengers information on a number of passengers who transfer from the first transfer position to the second transfer position or from the second transfer position to the first transfer position, the number-of-passengers information being classified by at least one of time slot or the first train line information;
• creating, based on the one or more pieces of first train line information, the route information and the number-of-passengers information, a plurality of candidate train lines each including a stop time and a departure time at the second stop positions of at least one of second moving vehicles;
• optimizing or quasi-optimizing an evaluation index regarding a total amount of waiting time for passengers in case of a transfer between the first and second transfer positions under a constraint condition on a number of the second moving vehicles available for use on the second route;
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• selecting one or more pieces of second train line information from among the plurality of candidate train lines based on the optimized or quasi-optimized evaluation index.