A User-Centric Approach for Efficient Daily Mobility Planning in E-Vehicle Infrastructure Networks

Abstract

The next generation of e-vehicles will be assessed on their ability to master the challenges posed by urbanization, resource restrictions and increasingly flexible and diverse user demands. Presumably, the vehicle-user-infrastructure network will become too dynamic and complex for an individual user to fathom without some sort of automated assistance. This paper proposes a user-centric, constraint-based, in-vehicle travel planning system, which schedules a daily travel plan of a user by exploiting knowledge about current and future states of the vehicle-user-infrastructure network. The system is implemented in an agent-based framework and is evaluated by a traffic simulator that additionally incorporates parking and charging lots together with an availability monitoring and booking service. The benefit of the planning system is assessed in a traffic simulation, where vehicles with and without a planning system compete for available resources. It can be shown that proactive conflict management and resource scheduling can reduce parking search time and overall travel time. Furthermore it can be shown that the adherence to schedule can be significantly improved.

@INCOLLECTION{Hoch2011User,
  author = {Nicklas Hoch and Bernd Werther and Henry-Paul Bensler and Nils Masuch
	and Marco L{"u}tzenberger and Axel Hess{}ler and Sahin Albayrak
	and Roland Y. Siegwart},
  title = {A User-Centric Approach for Efficient Daily Mobility Planning in
	E-Vehicle Infrastructure Networks},
  booktitle = {Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2011 --- Smart
	Systems for Electric, Safe and Networked Mobility},
  publisher = {Springer Berlin / Heidelberg},
  year = {2011},
  editor = {Gereon Meyer and J{"u}rgen Valldorf},
  series = {VDI-Buch},
  pages = {185--198},
  abstract = {The next generation of e-vehicles will be assessed on their ability
	to master the challenges posed by urbanization, resource restrictions
	and increasingly flexible and diverse user demands. Presumably, the
	vehicle-user-infrastructure network will become too dynamic and complex
	for an individual user to fathom without some sort of automated assistance.
	This paper proposes a user-centric, constraint-based, in-vehicle
	travel planning system, which schedules a daily travel plan of a
	user by exploiting knowledge about current and future states of the
	vehicle-user-infrastructure network. The system is implemented in
	an agent-based framework and is evaluated by a traffic simulator
	that additionally incorporates parking and charging lots together
	with an availability monitoring and booking service. The benefit
	of the planning system is assessed in a traffic simulation, where
	vehicles with and without a planning system compete for available
	resources. It can be shown that proactive conflict management and
	resource scheduling can reduce parking search time and overall travel
	time. Furthermore it can be shown that the adherence to schedule
	can be significantly improved.},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-21381-6_19},
  isbn = {978-3-642-21381-6}
}
Authors:
Nicklas Hoch, Bernd Werther, Henry-Paul Bensler, Nils Masuch, Marco Lützenberger, Axel Heßler, Sahin Albayrak, Roland Y. Siegwart
Category:
Book
Year:
2011
Location:
Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2011 - Smart Systems for Electric, Safe and Networked Mobility, pp. 185-198