In this paper, we introduce and formulate the capacitated hybrid truck platooning network design problem. The scope of this research is to benchmark the various parameters that affect the implementation of the hybrid truck platoon concept and the quantification of (any) monetary savings under the assumption that technological advancements and new or updated infrastructure (e.g., dedicated truck corridors) will allow implementation. Cost savings considered in this research are easily verifiable as they are solely derived from driver compensation savings (i.e., fuel savings, emissions reduction, and insurance savings are not considered). The proposed model further considers monetary penalties from truck late arrivals at the destinations. Multiple network instances are developed and used to evaluate the proposed model. Results indicate that significant cost savings can be achieved from the platooning network when compared to the shortest path origin–destination counterpart and suggest that the optimal hybrid truck platoon capacity is between four and six.

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容量混合动力卡车队列网络设计问题

在本文中，我们介绍并阐述了容量混合动力卡车队列网络设计问题。这项研究的范围是在技术进步和新的或更新的基础设施（例如专用卡车走廊）允许的假设下，对影响混合卡车排概念实施的各种参数进行基准测试，并量化（任何）资金节省。执行。本研究中考虑的成本节省很容易验证，因为它们完全来自驾驶员补偿节省（即不考虑燃油节省、排放减少和保险节省）。拟议的模型进一步考虑了卡车迟到目的地的罚款。开发多个网络实例并用于评估所提出的模型。结果表明，与最短路径起点-目的地对应方案相比，队列网络可以显着节省成本，并表明最佳混合动力卡车队列容量在 4 到 6 之间。