Learning Drivers’ Utility Functions in a Coordinated Freight Routing System Based on Drivers’ Actions
This project explores the probability of developing a centrally coordinated routing system for trucks. Such a system works in a way that prioritizes the maximizing of the system instead of lowering the individual cost, and balances the latter to be close or less than the user equilibrium cost with the use of monetary incentives. To study the potential of having such a system, it is vital to take into account what truck drivers actually do. Therefore, the project develops a method for estimating the utility functions of truck drivers based on their response to a centrally coordinated routing system that they are participating. Additionally, the project evaluates the impact of assumed wrong utility functions that could be viewed as non-compliance on the system optimum cost. To provide a context, centrally coordinated routing system for trucks will provide routing instructions based on optimizing the system rather than minimizing the individual cost. This distinction will allow for the efficient balancing of the individual cost. To reach the above-mentioned goals (developing a method and evaluating the impact), the project uses: (1) synthetic data and available testbed for a good control over the ongoing traffics, and (2) sensitivity analysis for testing the accuracy impact.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $111529
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Contract Numbers:
Caltrans 65A0686 Task Order 081
DOT 69A3552348319
DOT 69A3552344814
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590National Center for Sustainable Transportation
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA United StatesCalifornia Department of Transportation
1227 O Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95843 -
Managing Organizations:
National Center for Sustainable Transportation
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA United StatesUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles
University Park Campus
Los Angeles, CA United States 90089 -
Project Managers:
Iacobucci, Lauren
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Performing Organizations:
National Center for Sustainable Transportation
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA United StatesUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles
University Park Campus
Los Angeles, CA United States 90089 -
Principal Investigators:
Ioannou, Petros
- Start Date: 20230615
- Expected Completion Date: 20240831
- Actual Completion Date: 20240827
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accuracy; Functional analysis; Routing; Truck drivers; Utility theory
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01885061
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
- Contract Numbers: Caltrans 65A0686 Task Order 081, DOT 69A3552348319, DOT 69A3552344814
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jun 17 2023 8:02AM