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| author | Lee, Chungjae Dalmeijer, Kevin Van Hentenryck, Pascal Zhang, Peibo |
| author_facet | Lee, Chungjae Dalmeijer, Kevin Van Hentenryck, Pascal Zhang, Peibo |
| contents | Autonomous trucks are expected to fundamentally transform the freight transportation industry. In particular, Autonomous Transfer Hub Networks (ATHNs), which combine autonomous trucks on middle miles with human-driven trucks on the first and last miles, are seen as the most likely deployment pathway for this technology. This paper presents a framework to optimize ATHN operations and evaluate the benefits of autonomous trucking. By exploiting the problem structure, this paper introduces a flow-based optimization model for this purpose that can be solved by blackbox solvers in a matter of hours. The resulting framework is easy to apply and enables the data-driven analysis of large-scale systems. The power of this approach is demonstrated on a system that spans all of the United States over a four-week horizon. The case study quantifies the potential impact of autonomous trucking and shows that ATHNs can have significant benefits over traditional transportation networks. |
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| publishDate | 2023 |
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| spellingShingle | Optimizing Autonomous Transfer Hub Networks: Quantifying the Potential Impact of Self-Driving Trucks Lee, Chungjae Dalmeijer, Kevin Van Hentenryck, Pascal Zhang, Peibo Optimization and Control Autonomous trucks are expected to fundamentally transform the freight transportation industry. In particular, Autonomous Transfer Hub Networks (ATHNs), which combine autonomous trucks on middle miles with human-driven trucks on the first and last miles, are seen as the most likely deployment pathway for this technology. This paper presents a framework to optimize ATHN operations and evaluate the benefits of autonomous trucking. By exploiting the problem structure, this paper introduces a flow-based optimization model for this purpose that can be solved by blackbox solvers in a matter of hours. The resulting framework is easy to apply and enables the data-driven analysis of large-scale systems. The power of this approach is demonstrated on a system that spans all of the United States over a four-week horizon. The case study quantifies the potential impact of autonomous trucking and shows that ATHNs can have significant benefits over traditional transportation networks. |
| title | Optimizing Autonomous Transfer Hub Networks: Quantifying the Potential Impact of Self-Driving Trucks |
| topic | Optimization and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.03119 |