A Cooperative Intermodal Transportation Network Flow Control Method Based on Model Predictive Control
With the development of information technology, intermodal transport research pays more attention to dynamic optimization and multi-role cooperation. The core issue of this paper was to realize container routing with dynamic adjustment, real-time optimization, and multi-role cooperation characterist...
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| author | Yuankai Huang Qicai Zhou Xiaolei Xiong Jiong Zhao |
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| description | With the development of information technology, intermodal transport research pays more attention to dynamic optimization and multi-role cooperation. The core issue of this paper was to realize container routing with dynamic adjustment, real-time optimization, and multi-role cooperation characteristics in the intermodal transport network. This paper first introduces the Intermodal Transport Cooperation Protocol (ITCP) that describes the operation and analysis of intermodal transport systems with the concept of encapsulation and layering. Then, a new network flow control method was built based on Model Predictive Control (MPC) in the ITCP framework. The method takes real-time information from all ITCP layers as input and generates flow control decisions for containers. To evaluate the method’s effectiveness, a discrete event simulation experiment is applied. The results show that the proposed method outperforms the all-or-nothing method in scenarios with high freight volume, which means the method proposed in this paper can effectively balance the network transport load and reduce network operating costs. The research of this paper may throw some new light on intermodal transport research from the perspectives of digitization, multi-role cooperation, dynamic optimization, and system standardization. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-64bcc78ccec5459a8c8aa958be32ccf02025-02-03T06:05:33ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952021-01-01202110.1155/2021/66583196658319A Cooperative Intermodal Transportation Network Flow Control Method Based on Model Predictive ControlYuankai Huang0Qicai Zhou1Xiaolei Xiong2Jiong Zhao3School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaWith the development of information technology, intermodal transport research pays more attention to dynamic optimization and multi-role cooperation. The core issue of this paper was to realize container routing with dynamic adjustment, real-time optimization, and multi-role cooperation characteristics in the intermodal transport network. This paper first introduces the Intermodal Transport Cooperation Protocol (ITCP) that describes the operation and analysis of intermodal transport systems with the concept of encapsulation and layering. Then, a new network flow control method was built based on Model Predictive Control (MPC) in the ITCP framework. The method takes real-time information from all ITCP layers as input and generates flow control decisions for containers. To evaluate the method’s effectiveness, a discrete event simulation experiment is applied. The results show that the proposed method outperforms the all-or-nothing method in scenarios with high freight volume, which means the method proposed in this paper can effectively balance the network transport load and reduce network operating costs. The research of this paper may throw some new light on intermodal transport research from the perspectives of digitization, multi-role cooperation, dynamic optimization, and system standardization.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6658319 |
| spellingShingle | Yuankai Huang Qicai Zhou Xiaolei Xiong Jiong Zhao A Cooperative Intermodal Transportation Network Flow Control Method Based on Model Predictive Control Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | A Cooperative Intermodal Transportation Network Flow Control Method Based on Model Predictive Control |
| title_full | A Cooperative Intermodal Transportation Network Flow Control Method Based on Model Predictive Control |
| title_fullStr | A Cooperative Intermodal Transportation Network Flow Control Method Based on Model Predictive Control |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Cooperative Intermodal Transportation Network Flow Control Method Based on Model Predictive Control |
| title_short | A Cooperative Intermodal Transportation Network Flow Control Method Based on Model Predictive Control |
| title_sort | cooperative intermodal transportation network flow control method based on model predictive control |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6658319 |
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