An Electric Fence-Based Intelligent Scheduling Method for Rebalancing Dockless Bike Sharing Systems

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This work focuses on the imbalance problem caused by tidal phenomena in BSSs while attempting to improve the mean utilization of and customer satisfaction with such services.

It seems there are some points in the paper are unclear, such as the conditions imposed to develop the main results, and some computation issues. The author needs to carefully look at those, and make some corrections or explanations.

The Figures should be more clearly.

Its technical depth is deep enough to understand the methods and models. The experimental results of the simulation are rich and for many cases. However, the problem statement and motivation could be stronger or more clearly highlighted.

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Reviewer 2 Report

The paper is a very current and interesting topic, which could be applied to electric vehicles (e-scooters, e-scooters, etc.). I would like the authors to consider this proposal in the conclusion or directions of future research.

- The introduction is thoroughly written. I suggest adding a couple of recent references in the introduction.

- The methodology is clearly written. I think that an example of an electric fence, in the form of a photograph, would be useful to readers.

- It may not be necessary to have it in the results of tables 3 to 7.

- It would be good to make a special chapter Discussions and discuss the most significant results.

- The current section Conclusion, contains a couple of recommendations from the results obtained. I suggest that you include the most important conclusions of the paper in the conclusion. To make special chapters Practical Recommendations, Directions for Future Research and the Limitation section.

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Reviewer 3 Report

The work deals with a very interesting topic of creating fences for charging bicycles electricity. It is an interesting and much needed solution in urban agglomerations. The topic of electromobility in the times of energy crisis and all research on these issues is very much needed. The abstract is brief and correct. The article proposes interesting model solutions. The introduction is very brief. There is a shortage of publications related to electromobility. Perhaps it is worth mentioning a few publications. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082314; https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5218254; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082131; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103280. In Chapter 2, the numbering of subsections was mixed up. Line 156, 166. Formulas, drawings, tables throughout Chapter 3 very good. Descriptions of individual models and introducing formulas do not raise any objections. Everything very well described. There are no content errors. Chapter 4 presents and discusses the research results well. I don't have here more comments. The drawings are well prepared. Summary. It's a good idea to enter a pair of results as a number or percentage. The most important information in the summary should be written after the dashes. This will improve the transparency of the most important results. A very innovative article.

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